Hello all, News of a recent blog post by FCC chairman Brendan Carr regarding the possible blacklisting of as-of-yet unidentified China-based testing labs caught my attention this morning:
https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/blog/2025/04/30/building-fast-start "The order would adopt a rule that prohibits test labs from participating in the FCC's equipment authorization process if they are owned, controlled, or directed by entities that pose national security risks. This restriction will apply to foreign adversary governments, like China." The post clearly is part political chest-thumping, but the ambiguity of the possible scope of any action is concerning. If it is wide-ranging, the back-log it would cause in non-China-based testing labs would assumably be severe - as was the case when so many companies were seeking UL4200a testing for products in order to comply with Reese's Law. Strange days indeed, John John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS I Product Development and Product Compliance Manager I [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> I 323.446.1076 CELESTRON, LLC. I 2835 Columbia Street I Torrance, CA 90503 [Logo Description automatically generated]<http://www.celestron.com/> [Icon Description automatically generated] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.instagram.com_celestronuniverse&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=x40qV4DM3u4JrqHl_FVpxdOqkHDBo3f6BvwvAwIWGH8&m=B6fIOBUaG50CeATRoPrGe3aQoHBGiKZFSBIu-ovu97c5RZhLW5JAVauCDQwYc3UQ&s=mp6OgNq_McWjXY2YQYjZ9Dk6_XzP1VPvIEe8C8zj56A&e=> [A close-up of a fire Description automatically generated with low confidence] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_Celestron&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=x40qV4DM3u4JrqHl_FVpxdOqkHDBo3f6BvwvAwIWGH8&m=B6fIOBUaG50CeATRoPrGe3aQoHBGiKZFSBIu-ovu97c5RZhLW5JAVauCDQwYc3UQ&s=VPySibohtehHWHpC8d5rHDIovgyX-KLLxjtWSiblJGI&e=> [A picture containing text, clipart Description automatically generated] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_celestron&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=x40qV4DM3u4JrqHl_FVpxdOqkHDBo3f6BvwvAwIWGH8&m=B6fIOBUaG50CeATRoPrGe3aQoHBGiKZFSBIu-ovu97c5RZhLW5JAVauCDQwYc3UQ&s=mFMWx391BWGOZRSQd2VOWpQ8frezSjy2nYeDDPQcxtg&e=> [Icon Description automatically generated] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_user_CelestronDotCom&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=x40qV4DM3u4JrqHl_FVpxdOqkHDBo3f6BvwvAwIWGH8&m=B6fIOBUaG50CeATRoPrGe3aQoHBGiKZFSBIu-ovu97c5RZhLW5JAVauCDQwYc3UQ&s=ziJj_dfd_78luGSUUH4AfwmPyhD40fdDd46c8oL7bcc&e=> [Icon Description automatically generated] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_company_celestron-2Dllc-2D&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=x40qV4DM3u4JrqHl_FVpxdOqkHDBo3f6BvwvAwIWGH8&m=B6fIOBUaG50CeATRoPrGe3aQoHBGiKZFSBIu-ovu97c5RZhLW5JAVauCDQwYc3UQ&s=dXknLUOcxSuYfVZ7A71XexAkwNhfOYqmzp9HADpQfIk&e=> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Website: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/ Instructions: https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: https://pses.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EM-PSTC-List-Rules.pdf For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Sherman at: [email protected] Rick Linford at: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
