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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  04-  3826  December  3,  2004 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATONS  BUREAU 
 NEW  ENGLAND  (REGION  19)  700  MHz  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLANNING  COMMITTEE  ANNOUNCES  PLANNING  MEETING 


 The  Region  19  (New  England)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Regional  Planning  Committee  will  hold  its  18  th  meeting  on  Tuesday,  March  8,  2005  from  10:  00  a.  m.  until  2:  00p.  m.  at  the 
 Connecticut  Fire  Academy,  34  Perimeter  Road,  Windsor  Locks,  Connecticut. 
 The  purpose  of  this  meeting  is  to  continue  developing  a  Regional  plan  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  700  MHz  spectrum  users  including  public  safety,  public  health,  emergency  management 
 and  utility  services. 
 The  Region  19  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  Region  19  1  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  their  agency’s  needs. 
 All  interested  parties  wishing  to  participate  in  the  planning  for  the  use  of  new  public  safety  spectrum  in  the  700  MHz  band  and/  or  the  newly  allocated  4.9  GHz  band  within  Region  19 


 should  plan  to  attend.  For  further  information,  please  contact  the  Region  19  Chairman  or  Vice  Chairman  listed  below  or  vistit  the  Committee  web  site  at  www.  NER700MHZ.  org  : 


 George  Pohorilak,  Chairman  Jerry  Zarwanski,  Vice-  Chairman  Department  of  Public  Safety  Department  of  Public  Safety 
 1111  Country  Club  Road  1111  Country  Club  Road  P.  O.  Box  2794  P.  O.  Box  2794 
 Middletown,  CT  06457-  9294  Middletown,  CT  06457-  9294 
 1  Region  19  consists  six  states,  of  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  Maine,  Vermont,  New  Hampshire,  and  Connecticut 


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 Phone:  860-  685-  8108  Phone:  860-  685-  8157  Fax:  860-  685-  8363  Fax:  860-  685-  8363 
 Email:  george.  pohorilak@  po.  state.  ct.  us  Email:  jerry.  zarwanski@  po.  state.  ct.  us 


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