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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  01-  2742 
 November  23,  2001 


 WIRELESS  TELECOMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ACTION 
 REGION  8  (NEW  YORK  –  METROPOLITAN  AREA)  700  MHz 
 PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLANNING  COMMITTEE 
 ANNOUNCES  FIRST  MEETING 


 The  Region  8  (New  York  –  Metropolitan  area)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee 
 announces  that  its  first  meeting  will  be  held  on  Wednesday,  January  23,  2002,  at  10:  00  a.  m.  at  the 
 Nassau  County  Police  Public  Assembly  Hall,  1490  Franklin  Avenue,  Mineola,  New  York.  The 
 New  York  –  Metropolitan  area  consists  of  Bronx,  Kings,  Nassau,  New  York,  Orange,  Putnam, 
 Queens,  Richmond,  Rockland,  Suffolk,  Sullivan,  Ulster,  Dutchess,  and  Westchester  Counties, 
 New  York;  and  Bergen,  Essex,  Hudson,  Morris,  Passaic,  Sussex,  Union,  Warren,  Middlesex, 
 Somerset,  Hunterdon,  Mercer,  and  Monmouth  Counties,  New  Jersey.  The  purpose  of  the 
 meeting  is  to: 


 1.  Establish  a  700  MHz  Regional  Planning  Committee  (RPC), 
 2.  Elect  a  chairperson, 
 3.  Create  a  RPC  meeting  schedule 
 4.  Review  the  RPC  Committee  Process,  and 
 5.  Review  700  MHz  band  development  to  date. 


 The  Region  8  (New  York  –  Metropolitan  area)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee 
 meeting  is  open  to  the  public.  All  eligible  public  safety  providers  whose  sole  purpose  or  principal 
 purpose  is  to  protect  the  safety  of  life,  health,  or  property  in  the  New  York  –  Metropolitan  area 
 would  utilize  these  frequencies.  It  is  essential  that  participants  be  representatives  of  all  eligible 
 public  safety  providers  in  order  to  ensure  that  each  agency’s  future  spectrum  needs  are  considered 
 in  the  allocation  process.  Administrators  who  are  not  oriented  in  the  communications  field  should 
 delegate  someone  with  this  knowledge  to  attend,  participate  and  represent  your  agency’s  needs. 


 All  interested  parties  wishing  to  participate  in  the  planning  for  the  use  of  new  public  safety 


 spectrum  in  the  764-  776  and  744-  806  MHz  band  within  Region  8  should  plan  to  attend.  For 


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 further  information,  please  contact: 
 John  C.  Gallagher 
 Suffolk  County  Police  Commissioner 
 30  Yaphank  Avenue, 
 Yaphank,  New  York  11980 
 (631)  852-  6079  (voice) 
 (631)  852-  6324  (fax) 
 email:  gallagherjc@  co.  suffolk.  ny.  us 


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