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 PUBLIC  NOTICE 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W. 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 DA  03-  3865  December  4,  2003 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ACTION 
 REGION  8  (NEW  YORK  –  METROPOLITAN  AREA)  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLANNING  COMMITTEES  ANNOUNCE 
 REGION  8  (700  MHz)  REGIONAL  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLANNING  MEETING  AND 
 REGION  8  NPSPAC  (800  MHz)  REGIONAL  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLANNING  MEETING 


 The  Region  8  (New  York  –  Metropolitan  area)  1  Regional  Planning  Committees  announce  two  Region  8  Public  Safety  planning  meetings. 


 On  Thursday,  January  8,  2004,  the  Region  8  700  MHz  Regional  Planning  Committee  meeting  will  convene  at  10:  00  a.  m.  at  the  Port  Authority  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  2 
 Gateway  Center,  16SW,  Newark,  New  Jersey. 
 The  agenda  for  this  meeting  includes: 
 1.  Review  and  Approve  Agenda  2.  Review  and  Approve  November  6,  2003  Meeting  Report 
 3.  Interoperability  (SIEC  Reports)  a.  New  York  State 
 b.  New  Jersey  4.  4.9  GHz  Update  –  Sean  O’Hara 
 5.  Regulatory  Update  –  Sean  O’Hara 
 1  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. 


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 TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
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 6.  Working  Group  Activities  a.  700  MHz  Technical  Work  Group  –  Jack  Robertson,  WG  Chair 
 b.  700  MHz  Research  WG  –  Kenneth  Link,  WG  Chair  c.  700  MHz  Administrative  and  Writing  WG  –  Peter  Meade,  WG  Chair 
 d.  4.9  GHz  Technical  Requirement  WG  –  Feliz  Melendez,  WG  Chair  e.  4.9  Administrative  and  Writing  WG  –  Peter  Meade,  WG  Chair 
 7.  Old  Business  a.  Ex  parte  filing  to  the  FCC  –  ET  Docket  03-  158;  MB  Docket  03-  159 
 (Amendment  of  Parts  2,  73,  74  and  90  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  to  Permit  New  York  Metropolitan  Area  Public  Safety  Agencies  to  Use 
 Frequencies  at  482-  488  MHz)  b.  Comments  to  the  FCC  Regarding  MB  Docket  03-  185  (Amendment 
 of  Parts  73  and  74  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  to  Establish  Rules  for  Digital  Low  Power  Television  Booster  Stations  and  to  Amend  Rules 
 for  Digital  Class  A  Television  Stations)  8.  New  Business/  Comments 
 a.  FCC  Comments  –  Low  Power  Television  Translators,  Class  A  Television:  Proposed  Construction  Permits;  Report  No.  PGL03-  6 
 Released:  October  27,  2003  9.  Schedule  Next  Meeting 


 On  Thursday,  January  8,  2004,  the  Region  8  800  MHz  NPSPAC  Regional  Planning  Committee  meeting  will  convene  immediately  following  the  700  MHz  Regional  Planning 
 Committee  meeting. 
 The  agenda  for  this  meeting  includes: 
 1.  Review  and  Approve  Meeting  Agenda  2.  Review  and  Approve  November  6,  2003  Meeting  Report 
 3.  Window  7  Status  4.  Concurrence  Requests  Status 
 a.  Region  19  Window  12  application  modification  review  and  revised  Letter  of  Concurrence 
 5.  Old  Business  a.  Application  Requirements  Guidelines 
 6.  New  Business/  Comments  a.  Essex  County  License  Modification 
 b.  Suffolk  County  License  Modification  7.  Schedule  Next  Meeting 


 Both  of  the  Region  8  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  meetings  are  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  not  only  public  safety,  but  all  government,  Native  American 
 Tribal,  and  non-  governmental  organizations  eligible  under  Section  90.523  of  the  Commission’s 
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 Rules  be  represented  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,  or  the  newly  allocated  4.9  GHz  band 
 within  Region  8  are  encouraged  to  attend.  For  further  information,  please  contact: 
 Peter  W.  Meade,  Chairman  Region  8,  700  MHz  Regional  Planning 
 140  15  th  Street  Mineola,  New  York  11501 
 PH:  (516)  571-  6400  (voice)  FX:  (516)  571-  6407  (fax) 
 Email:  NCFCFC1@  aol.  com 
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