Sec.  2.948   Description of measurement facilities.

   (a)  Each party making measurements of equipment that is subject to an
   equipment authorization under part 15 or part 18 of this chapter, regardless
   of whether the measurements are filed with the Commission or kept on file by
   the party responsible for compliance of equipment marketed within the U.S.
   or  its  possessions,  shall  compile a description of the measurement
   facilities employed.

   (1) If the measured equipment is subject to the verification procedure, the
   description of the measurement facilities shall be retained by the party
   responsible for verification of the equipment.

   (i)  If the equipment is verified through measurements performed by an
   independent laboratory, it is acceptable for the party responsible for
   verification  of  the  equipment  to  rely upon the description of the
   measurement facilities retained by or placed on file with the Commission by
   that laboratory. In this situation, the party responsible for verification
   of  the  equipment  is  not required to retain a duplicate copy of the
   description of the measurement facilities.

   (ii) If the equipment is verified based on measurements performed at the
   installation site of the equipment, no specific site calibration data is
   required. It is acceptable to retain the description of the measurement
   facilities at the site at which the measurements were performed.

   (2)  If  the equipment is to be authorized by the Commission under the
   certification procedure, the description of the measurement facilities shall
   be filed with the Commission's Laboratory in Columbia, Maryland. The data
   describing the measurement facilities need only be filed once but must be
   updated as changes are made to the measurement facilities or as otherwise
   described in this section. At least every three years, the organization
   responsible for filing the data with the Commission shall certify that the
   data on file is current. A laboratory that has been accredited in accordance
   with paragraph (d) of this section 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 paragraph (d) of this section.

   (b) The description shall contain the following information:

   (1) Location of the test site.

   (2) Physical description of the test site accompanied by photographs of size
   A4 (21 cm × 29.7 cm) or 8×10 inches (20.3 cm × 25.4 cm). Smaller photographs
   may  be used if they clearly show the details of the test site and are
   mounted on full size sheets of paper.

   (3) A drawing showing the dimensions of the site, physical layout of all
   supporting  structures, and all structures within 5 times the distance
   between the measuring antenna and the device being measured.

   (4) Description of structures used to support the device being measured and
   the test instrumentation.

   (5) List of measuring equipment used.

   (6) Information concerning the calibration of the measuring equipment, i.e.,
   the date the equipment was last calibrated and how often the equipment is
   calibrated.

   (7) If desired, a statement as to whether the test site is available to do
   measurement services for the public on a fee basis.

   (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 Customer
   Service, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855–1331, or UPS only IEEE Customer
   Service, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854; 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, SW., 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)  at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For
   information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202–741–6030,
   or go to:
   http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_loc
   ations.html. 

   (9) A description of the types of equipment intended to be measured or other
   information regarding the types of measurements that would be performed at
   the test facility.

   (c) The Commission will publish a list of those parties who have filed the
   information required by this section, provided they indicate that they wish
   to perform measurement services for the public on a fee basis. However, it
   should be noted that the Commission does not endorse or approve any facility
   on this list.

   (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,  Declaration  of Conformity, 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
    Sec. 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.  However,  in all cases, test site
   revalidation shall occur on an interval not to exceed two years.

   (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.

   [ 54 FR 17712 , Apr. 25, 1989, as amended at  57 FR 24990 , June 12, 1992;  58 FR 37430 , July 12, 1993;  58 FR 44893 , Aug. 25, 1993;  61 FR 31046 , June 19,
   1996;  62 FR 41880 , Aug. 4, 1997;  63 FR 36599 , July 7, 1998;  65 FR 58466 ,
   Sept. 29, 2000;  68 FR 68544 , Dec. 9, 2003;  69 FR 18803 , Apr. 9, 2004;  69 FR 54033 , Sept. 7, 2004;  69 FR 55982 , Sept. 17, 2004]

Verification

   Authority:   Sections 2.951 through 2.957 are issued under secs. 4, 303,
   307, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1082, 1083; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 307.

   Source:   Sections 2.951 through 2.957 appear at  46 FR 23249 , Apr. 24, 1981,
   unless otherwise noted.