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Industry-Based Safety Code 6 Reporting Program

• Update

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RABC – September 26th , 2017

Overview

• Safety Code 6 Reporting Program
• At a Glance
• Year-to-Date Progress
• Early Observations
• Broadcasting Certificate Renewals
• Regulatory Reminders
• General
• SC6 & AMPs
• Safety Code 6 Reporting Program – Year 2
• Current Consultations (SLPB)
• Future Consultations (SLPB)

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Safety Code 6 Reporting Program – At a Glance

• May 2017 – Implementation of Program
• New requirements to provide SC6 information on a annual

basis

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Broadcasters

• SC6 analyses at renewal
• Attestations accepted for:
• Low-power stations
• Installations where

nothing changed since last report Deadline: July 31, 2017

Service Providers

• RF levels (% only) &

description of access control mechanisms for 10% of installations (rooftops & towers)

• ISED will select certain sites

for further verification Deadline: September 30, 2017

Safety Code 6 Reporting Program – Year-to-Date Progress

• Broadcasting
• ISED received the majority of the SC6 information

requested from major broadcasters

• Operators of low-power installations experienced various

difficulties providing the required information

• Service providers
• Deadline to provide info to ISED: September 30, 2017
• Some smaller providers have already submitted their results

We wish to thank the broadcasting certificate holders who have returned their completed Broadcasting Certificate Issuance Form and submitted the SC6 compliance information for their stations.

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Safety Code 6 Reporting Program – Early Observations

• Collaboration between operators
• Operators on same site are sharing information
• ISED appreciates CBC/Radio-Canada offer to make their

reports available to operators within the same radio environment

• Reports
• Sites are to be compliant at all times
• Operators to include the temporary measures implemented

to restore regulatory compliance and/or the permanent measures taken to complete the report

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Safety Code 6 Reporting Program – Early Observations (cont’d)

• Guy-wires and theoretical studies
• It’s understood that theoretical studies will not reveal issues
• Important for operators to factor this in their attestation and

to prepare accordingly for example with a pro-active maintenance programme

• Clearer guidelines on operators’ ongoing compliance

responsibility

• Based on review of the reports, the Department is considering

what could be done to update key documents such as:

• CPC-2-0-20 and GL-08
• Clarification on the compliance requirements for lower

power installations is being considered (BPR-1 Annex C)

• AM measurement methodology GL-01 requires some

clarity

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Broadcasting Certificate Renewals

• ISED is updating its database and informing CRTC as

necessary to reflect stations for which we have not received a completed form requesting a certificate for a new term

• Some broadcasters indicated their willingness to renew but

have not submitted sufficient information regarding their compliance with SC6

• Demonstration of continued compliance with SC6 is

necessary to obtain a new certificate

• The new certificates for those that have provided the SC6

information are available on ISED SMS (http://sms- sgs.ic.gc.ca)

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Regulatory Reminders – General

• ISED has adopted Health Canada’s SC6 for the

protection of the general public

• It is the operators’ ongoing responsibility to ensure their

installations (including combined effects of nearby installations) comply with SC6 at all times

• Failure to do so is considered breach of conditions of

authorization which may lead to enforcement actions, including Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs)

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Regulatory Reminders – SC6 & AMPs

• Type II AMP may be issued for:
• Failure to comply with SC6 (radio authorization condition)

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Table 2 Maximum Penalties for Type II Violations

Violation Short-Form Description Penalty Amounts Individuals Corporations and Othe Entities 1st Violation 2nd + Violation 1st Violation 2nd + Violation Installation, operation, or possession of any radio apparatus in contravention of any term

• r condition of a spectrum licence or, when

used for broadcasting, in contravention of any term or condition of a broadcasting certificate $ 25,000 $50,000 $10M $15M

Safety Code 6 Reporting Program – Year 2

• ISED is getting ready for the second year of the SC6

Reporting Program

• Broadcasters: letters to be mailed in the fall
• Service providers: letters to be mail in spring
• Any observations/suggestions from RABC?

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Current Consultations

• AWS-1 Licence renewals
• Licences auctioned in 2008 and will begin to expire in 2018.
• Renewal consultation launched in June 2017
• Comments and Reply Comments have been received and published to

the Department’s website

• Residual Auction
• Consultation on a Licensing Framework for Residual Spectrum Licences in

the 700 MHz, 2500 MHz, 2300 MHz, PCS and 1670-1675 MHz Bands was published on July 6, 2017

• Comments and Reply Comments have been received and published to

the Department’s website

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Current Consultations

• Millimeter-wave spectrum to support 5G
• Consultation was published June 5th, proposed releasing 3.85 GHz of

spectrum for licenced use (28 GHz, and 37-40 GHz bands) and at least 7 GHz of spectrum for licence-exempt use (64-71 GHz band)

• Comments were due Sep 15th and will be posted soon on our website
• Reply comments are due October 20th
• 600 MHz
• Consultation on technical, policy, and licensing framework for mobile

services in the band was published August 4th

• Comments are due October 2nd and reply comments are due October

25th

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Future Consultations

• 3500 MHz
• 3400-3800 MHz is being studied to consider how to maximize the use of this

spectrum.

• We are currently studying the existing use and the potential use of this

band or portions of this band by mobile, fixed and/or licence-exempt.

• Any changes to the band plan and licensing framework will be

developed after public consultations.

• Spectrum Outlook 2018-2022
• Consultation to develop spectrum release plan for 2018-2022 is planned

for publication this Fall

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