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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
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 March  14,  2003 


 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ACTION 
 COMMENTS  INVITED  ON  REGION  20  (WASHINGTON,  MARYLAND  AND  NORTHERN  VIRGINIA)  821  MHz  (NPSPAC)  REGIONAL  PLANNING  COMMITTEE 


 PROPOSED  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLAN  AMENDMENT 
 (Gen.  Docket  No.  90-  7) 
 Comment  Date:  April  14,  2003  Reply  Date:  April  29,  2003 


 On  January  30,  2003,  the  Region  20  (Washington,  D.  C.  Metropolitan  area)  821  MHz  Radio  Planning  Committee  submitted  a  proposed  amendment  to  its  Public  Safety  Plan  (Plan)  that 
 would  revise  the  current  channel  allotments  to  reflect  the  following  changes:  (a)  Revised  Frequency  Assignment  Table  as  a  result  of  its  third  window  (Window  3B)  application  process; 
 (b)  correct  an  assignment  error  made  by  Region  20  between  Fauquier  County,  Virginia  and  the  Washington  Metropolitan  Airport  Authority;  and  (c)  to  provide  evidence  of  the  required  adjacent 
 regional  concurrence  of  four  channels  to  Charles  County,  Maryland.  1  In  addition,  Region  20  requests  that  its  Inter-  Regional  Coordination  Procedures  Agreement,  dated  July  21,  1998, 
 between  Region  20  and  Region  28  be  formally  included  as  part  of  the  Region  20  Plan.  The  proposed  amendment  includes  concurrences  from  the  surrounding  Regions  28,  36,  42  and  44.  2 


 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.  3  The  Public 


 1  See  Letter  to  Secretary,  FCC,  from  Alan  T.  Kealey,  Chairman,  Region  20  –  821  MHz  Regional  Planning 
 Committee,  Revised  Frequency  Assignment  Table  (Window  3B)  and  Plan  Amendment,  GN  Docket  No.  90-  7  (filed  Jan.  30,  2003). 


 2  Region  28  includes  eastern  Pennsylvania,  southern  New  Jersey  and  the  state  of  Delaware;  Region  36  includes 
 western  Pennsylvania;  Region  42  includes  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  except  Northern  Virginia;  and  Region  44  is  comprised  of  the  state  of  West  Virginia. 


 3  See  Development  and  Implementation  of  a  Public  Safety  National  Plan  and  Amendment  to  Part  90  to  Establish 
 Service  Rules  and  Technical  Standards  for  Use  of  the  821-  824/  866-  869  MHz  Bands  by  the  Public  Safety  Services,  Report  and  Order,  GN  Docket  No.  87-  112,  3  FCC  Rcd  905  (1987). 
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