Notice2023-21767
Commercial eLoran Capability
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Published
October 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Transportation Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to determine if there is interest from private entities in offering a U.S. commercial enhanced Long Range Navigation (eLoran) service to the general public in the United States on a fee-for-service basis without any Federal investment, subsidy, procurement commitment or other commitment of credit or budgetary resources. If respondent has an interest in offering a U.S.-based commercial eLoran service on a fee-for-service basis, identify what impediments stand in the way of respondent offering a U.S. commercial eLoran service. If lack of access to any federally-controlled assets and non-budgetary assistance related to utilizing such federally- controlled assets are identified as impediments to offering such a service, a subsequent Request for Information may be issued to obtain additional data.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68283-68284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21767]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[DOT-OST-2023-0118]
Commercial eLoran Capability
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Request for Information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is issuing this
Request for Information (RFI) to determine if there is interest from
private entities in offering a U.S. commercial enhanced Long Range
Navigation (eLoran) service to the general public in the United States
on a fee-for-service basis without any Federal investment, subsidy,
procurement commitment or other commitment of credit or budgetary
resources. If respondent has an interest in offering a U.S.-based
commercial eLoran service on a fee-for-service basis, identify what
impediments stand in the way of respondent offering a U.S. commercial
eLoran service. If lack of access to any federally-controlled assets
and non-budgetary assistance related to utilizing such federally-
controlled assets are identified as impediments to offering such a
service, a subsequent Request for Information may be issued to obtain
additional data.
DATES: Responses should be filed by November 2, 2023. All questions
concerning this RFI shall be emailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#55051b010a07131c15313a217b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fcacb2a8a3aebab5bc989388d29b938a">[email protected]</span></a> within 7 days
of publication of this RFI. Questions and comments are highly
encouraged, but DOT cannot commit to answering any question(s) received
by DOT more than 7 calendar-days after the date on which this RFI is
published.
ADDRESSES: You may file responses identified by the docket number DOT-
OST-2023-0118 by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Portal: go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
<bullet> Fax: (202) 493-2251.
When submitting questions and comments, please refer to the
specific relevant text of this RFI. Each question submitted to DOT
should be stated in such a way that there would be no objection to
DOT's publishing that precise question (and its answer) in a formal
Amendment to the RFI. That is, each question should be worded in such a
way that the publication of that question (and its answer) would not
divulge any information that would be considered proprietary or
confidential. Further, any question concerning any apparent error,
omission, or ambiguity in this RFI shall include the questioner's
supporting rationale as well as a description of the remedies that the
questioner is asking DOT to consider. All questions that DOT decides to
answer will be collectively answered in writing.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
DOT-OST-2023-0118 at the beginning of your submission. All submissions
received will be posted without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>,
including any personal information provided, unless proprietary and
other sensitive information is so marked with requested disposition
instructions.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
submissions received in any of our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the document (or signing the submission, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit
<a href="http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov">http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov</a>.
Docket: For access to the docket and comments received, go to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> or to the street address listed above.
Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Overview
The primary and most recognizable Positioning, Navigation, and
Timing (PNT) service supporting critical infrastructure is the United
States' Global Positioning System (GPS). However, because GPS relies on
signals broadcast from satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), signal
strength at the receiver is low and thus vulnerable to intentional and
unintentional disruptions. In 2020, the U.S. Department of
Transportation's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe
Center) conducted field demonstrations of candidate PNT technologies
that could offer complementary service in the event of GPS disruptions.
The purpose of the demonstrations was to gather information on PNT
technologies at a high Technology Readiness Level (TRL) that can work
in the absence of GPS.
Such PNT technologies complement GPS and increase PNT robustness to
enhance national and homeland security by making critical
infrastructure more resilient, and to improve efficiency of U.S.
commercial transportation, telecommunications, energy, financial and
industrial systems. The culmination of the Demonstration was the 2021
Report to Congress on Complementary PNT and GPS Backup Technologies
Demonstration Report to Congress: <a href="https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55765">https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55765</a>.
As a result of the 2021 DOT Report to Congress, DOT finds that:
(1) No single solution for the provision of Complementary PNT
services can meet the diversity of critical infrastructure application
requirements, and
(2) It would be inefficient and anti-competitive for the Federal
Government to procure or otherwise fund a specific
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Complementary PNT solution for non-Federal users.
Rather than building or otherwise procuring a new system, DOT in
partnership with the Department of Homeland Security, in support of
Executive Order 13905, Strengthening National Resilience Through
Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services, is
better positioned to enable and encourage the owners and operators of
critical infrastructure to be responsible users of PNT by leveraging
commercially available PNT technologies to secure access to
Complementary PNT services. The private sector is then encouraged to
design critical infrastructure systems in a manner that recognizes the
risk associated with the use of, and potential dependence on, external
PNT services.
2. Responses
Responses are limited to ten (10) 8.5'' x 11'' pages with 1''
margins, and 12-point font (Arial or Times New Roman), not including
financial tables, appendices and other supporting materials which shall
have no limitation. Pages must be numbered and submitted electronically
via email as Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat files. Please send
responses to the contact information provided in the For Further
Information Contact section of the notice.
Abbreviations should be defined either on first use or in a
glossary. Charts and graphics should have quantitative data clearly
labeled. Assumptions should be clearly identified. Proprietary and
other sensitive information should be so marked with requested
disposition instructions. Submitted responses shall be UNCLASSIFIED
unless prior arrangements are made with the Contracting Office.
Submitted materials will not be returned.
This is an RFI only. This request is for information purposes, and
shall not be construed as a solicitation announcement, invitation for
bids, request for proposals or quotes, or an indication that the
Government will contract for the items contained in this notice.
Additionally, responses will be treated only as information for the
Government to consider. Respondents will not be entitled to payment for
direct or indirect costs that are incurred in responding to this RFI.
Further, this request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals
or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract.
Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary,
restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their
responses.
Issued In Washington, DC.
Robert C. Hampshire,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department
of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2023-21767 Filed 10-2-23; 8:45 am]
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