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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  STREET  S.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  03-  2550  Released:  July  29,  2003 
 OFFICE  OF  ENGINEERING  AND  TECHNOLOGY  DISMISSES  SAFETY  CAST  CORPORATION  APPLICATION  FOR  SPECIAL  TEMPORARY  AUTHORITY  FOR 
 EXPERIMENTAL  RADIO  STATION 
 File  No.  0183-  EX-  ST-  2003 
 On  April  18,  2003,  Safety  Cast  Corporation  filed  an  application  for  Special  Temporary  Authority  (STA)  in  the  Experimental  Radio  Service  (File  No.  0183-  EX-  ST-  2003).  By  its  experimentation, 
 Safety  Cast  seeks  to  test  its  technology  that,  it  states,  uses  “an  extremely  low  power,  non-commercial,  mobile  transmitter  that  will  broadcast  ‘All  Hazard’  alerts,  Amber  Alerts,  and/  or 
 emergency  ‘alert’  messages  from  authorized  public  entity  vehicles  (Police,  Fire/  Rescue,  etc.).”  By  Public  Notice,  DA  03-  2109,  released  June  30,  2003,  this  application  was  given  “permit-  but-disclose” 
 status  under  the  Commission’s  ex  parte  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1200  et  seq.,  and  comment  was  sought,  with  initial  comments  due  July  30,  2003. 


 By  letter  dated  July  29,  2003,  the  Chief,  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology  (OET)  dismissed  the  Safety  Cast  application  without  prejudice  to  the  applicant’s  right  to  file  an  application  (Form 
 309)  with  the  Media  Bureau  pursuant  to  Part  74  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  As  a  result,  comment  is  no  longer  being  sought  on  this  application. 


 By  the  Chief,  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology 
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