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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  01-  328 
 Released:  February  9,  2001 


 WIRELESS  TELECOM  ACTION 
 THE  PHILADELPHIA  METROPOLITAN  AREA  (REGION  28)  RECEIVES 
 APPROVAL  FOR  MINOR  AMENDMENTS  TO  ITS  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLAN 


 (GENERAL  DOCKET  NO.  89-  573) 


 By  this  Public  Notice,  the  Commission  announces  that  the  Philadelphia  Metropolitan  Area  (Region  28) 
 Radio  Planning  Committee's  proposal  to  amend  the  Region  28  Public  Safety  Regional  Plan  is  approved.  The 
 amendment,  which  revises  the  current  channel  allotments  for  radio  frequencies  in  the  821-  824/  866-  869  MHz 
 bands  wit  hin  t  he  Philadelphia  Met  ropolit  an  area,  reflect  s  changes  made  as  a  result  of  its  Filing  Window  6A.  In 
 accordance  with  the  National  Public  Safety  Plan,  each  region  is  responsible  for  planning  its  use  of  public  safety 
 radio  frequency  spectrum  in  the  821-  824/  866-  869  MHz  bands.  1 


 On  September  21,  2000,  we  received  a  request  from  the  Philadelphia  Region  28  Planning  Update 
 Committee  proposing  to  amend  the  Region  28  Plan,  was  originally  adopted  by  the  Commission  on  February  2, 
 1990,  2  and  subsequently  revised  on  December  16,  1993,  3  and  September  11,  1998  4 


 On  December  6,  2000,  the  Commission  issued  a  Public  Notice  (DA  00-  2696)  inviting  interested  parties 
 to  file  comments  regarding  the  proposed  amendment  to  the  Region  28  Plan  that  was  filed  with  the  Commission 
 on  September  21,  2000.  We  have  reviewed  the  Region  28  request.  The  amendment  is  a  minor  change  to  the 
 Region  28  Plan.  Further,  we  have  received  no  comments  in  response  to  the  Public  Notice  of  December  6,  2000, 
 referenced  above.  The  amendment  is  therefore  accepted  and  approved  as  submitted.  The  Secretary's  office  will 
 place  the  amended  Region  28  Plan  in  the  official  docket  file  where  it  will  remain  available  to  the  public. 


 Quest  ions  regarding  t  his  public  not  ice  may  be  direct  ed  to  Joy  Alford,  Wireless  Telecommunicat  ions 
 Bureau  (202)  418-  0694. 


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 1  Report  and  Order,  General  Docket  No.  87-  112,  3  FCC  Rcd  905  (1987) 
 2  Order,  General  Docket  89-  573,  5  FCC  Rcd  764  (1990). 
 3  Order,  DA  93-  1530,  9  FCC  Rcd  82  (1994). 
 4  Public  Notice,  DA  98-  1778,  Report  No.  WT  98-  32 


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