> Good News. > > It appears that concerns for site registration were addressed by the FCC; > I understand that there was no change in the site registration process for > those labs that are not accredited. For your insomnia, I have copied the > ERRATUM and the sections referenced in the ERRATUM below. ;-) > My thanks to Mario at Timco Engineering, Inc. (http://www.timcoengr.com/) for the lead. The erratum can be found in the Daily Digest, DA03-3729.
Best Regards, Don Umbdenstock Sensormatic > ERRATUM > > Adopted: November 19, 2003 Released: November 20, 2003 > > By the Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology: > > 1. On September 17, 2003, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed > Rulemaking, FCC 03-223, in the above captioned proceeding. This erratum > makes the following corrections to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: > (a) Revise paragraph 57 by replacing the sentence "Currently, the > Commission's rules do not address re-evaluation intervals for laboratories > that submit Part 15 and Part 18 test data for certification," with, > "Currently the Commission's rules do not address re-evaluation intervals > for laboratories that test devices for Part 15 and Part 18 compliance." > (b) Revise Section 2.948 of Appendix A: Proposed Rule Changes to remove > proposed changes to paragraph 2.948(a)(2). The aforementioned paragraph > was revised in the Second Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and > Order in ET Docket No. 01-278, released July 17, 2003. The text of > paragraph 2.948(a)(2) shall continue to read as adopted in that Order. > [Notice the *** area below. That means that the first part of that item is unchanged, i.e., business as usual.]dju > Referenced: > > § 2.948 Description of measurement facilities. > > (a) * * * > > (2) * * * A laboratory that has been accredited in accordance with > subsection (d), below, is not required to file a description of its > facilities with the Commission's laboratory, provided the accrediting > organization [or designating authority in the case of foreign > laboratories] submits the following information to the Commission's > laboratory: > > (i) Laboratory name, location of test site(s), mailing address and contact > information > (ii) Name of accrediting organization > (iii) Date of expiration of accreditation > (iv) Designation number > (v) FCC Registration Number (FRN) > (vi) A statement as to whether or not the laboratory performs testing on a > contract basis. > (vii) For laboratories outside the United States, the name of the mutual > recognition agreement or arrangement under which the accreditation of the > laboratory is recognized. > > (3) If the equipment is to be authorized under the Declaration of > Conformity procedure, the laboratory making the measurements must be > accredited in accordance with subsection (d) below. > > * * * * * > > (b) * * * > > (8) For a measurement facility that will be used for testing radiated > emissions, a plot of site attenuation data taken pursuant to the > procedures contained in Sections 5.4.6 through 5.5 of the following > procedure: American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C63.4-2001, > entitled ''American National Standard for Methods of Measurement of > Radio-Noise Emissions from Low-Voltage Electrical and Electronic Equipment > in the Range of 9 kHz to 40 GHz'' published by the American National > Standards Institute on June 22, 2001 as document number SH94908. This > incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal > Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies of > C63.4-2001 may be obtained from: IEEE Standards Department, 455 Hoes Lane, > P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, telephone 1-800-678-4333 or > +1-732-981-0600 (outside the United States and Canada). Copies of ANSI > C63.4-2001 may be inspected at the following locations: > > (i) Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Office of > Engineering and Technology (room 7-B144), Washington, DC 20554, > > (ii) Federal Communications Commission Laboratory, 7435 Oakland Mills > Road, Columbia, MD 21046, or > > (iii) Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., > suite 700, Washington, DC. > > * * * * * > > (d) A laboratory that has been accredited with a scope covering the > required measurements shall be deemed competent to test and submit test > data for equipment subject to verification, DoC and certification. Such a > laboratory shall be accredited by an approved accreditation organization > based on the International Organization for Standardization/International > Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) Standard 17025, "General > Requirements for the Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories." > The organization accrediting the laboratory must be approved by the > Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology, as indicated in § 0.241 > of this chapter, to perform such accreditation based on ISO/IEC 58, > "Calibration and Testing Laboratory Accreditation Systems--General > Requirements for Operation and Recognition." The frequency for > revalidation of the test site and the information that is required to be > filed, or retained by the testing party shall comply with the requirements > established by the accrediting organization. > > (e) The accreditation of a laboratory located outside of the United > States, or its possessions, will be acceptable only under one of the > following conditions: > > (1) If the accredited laboratory has been designated by a foreign > designating authority and recognized by the Commission under the terms of > a government-to-government Mutual Recognition Agreement/Arrangement; or > > (2) If the laboratory has been recognized by the Commission as being > accredited by an organization that has entered into an arrangement between > accrediting organizations and the arrangement has been recognized by the > Commission. > > 1. Section 2.1033 is amended by renumbering paragraph (c)(17) as > paragraph (d). > > 2. Section 2.1055, paragraph (a)(2) is amended by adding the words ", > and equipment authorized for use in the Family Radio Service under Part 95 > of this chapter." to the end of this paragraph. > > 3. The heading "FILING FOR APPLICATION REFERENCE" before Section 2.1061 > is deleted. > > 4. Sections 2.1061 through 2.1065 are deleted. > > Part 15 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is proposed to be > amended as follows: > > 5. The authority citation for Part 15 continues to read as follows: > > AUTHORITY: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302, 303, 304, 307 and 544A. > > 6. Section 15.19 is amended by replacing the graphics in paragraphs > (b)(1)(i) and (b)(1)(ii) with the following graphics. > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. 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