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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  06-  1201 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  Application  of 
 CENTRAL  PUGET  SOUND  REGIONAL  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY 


 Request  for  Waivers  to  Authorize  the  Use  of  Canadian  Primary  800  MHz  Channels  and  Short-Spacing 
 in  the  800  MHz  Band  in  Seattle,  Washington 


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 File  No.  0001865881 


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 Adopted:  June  2,  2006  Released:  June  5,  2006 
 By  the  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Critical  Infrastructure  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau: 
 1.  Introduction.  We  have  before  us  an  application  filed  by  the  Central  Puget  Sound  Regional  Transit  Authority  (Puget  Sound)  to  operate  on  certain  800  MHz  band  frequencies  in  Seattle,  Washington.  1 
 In  connection  with  this  application,  Puget  Sound  requests  (1)  a  waiver  of  Section  90.619(  b)(  8)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  in  order  to  use  Canada  primary  800  MHz  channels  in  the  U.  S.-  Canada  border  zone 
 and  (2)  a  waiver  of  Section  90.621(  b)(  4)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  in  order  to  operate  at  a  distance  less  than  the  required  minimum  separation  to  a  co-  channel  station.  2  For  the  reasons  set  forth  below,  we 
 dismiss  as  moot  the  waiver  to  operate  on  Canada  primary  channels,  and  grant  the  waiver  of  the  minimum  spacing  requirements. 


 2.  Background.  On  December  7,  2004,  Puget  Sound  filed  an  application  for  authorization  to  operate  a  new  private  land  mobile  radio  station  in  Seattle,  Washington.  3  Puget  Sound  states  that  the  new 
 private  land  mobile  radio  station  will  support  communications  for  a  light  rail  system  that  will  operate  throughout  King  County.  4  Puget  Sound  proposes  to  operate  its  new  private  land  mobile  radio  station  on 
 ten  800  MHz  frequency  pairs  in  the  non-  NPSPAC  portion  of  the  800  MHz  band.  5  Puget  Sound’s 


 1  FCC  File  No.  0001865881.  The  800  MHz  band  consists  of  the  frequency  segment  806-  824  MHz  paired  with  the 
 851-  869  MHz  segment.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  90.613. 
 2  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  90.621(  b)(  4),  and  90.619(  b)(  8);  see  also  attachment  to  FCC  File  No.  0001865881  (Waiver 
 Request). 
 3  See  FCC  File  No.  0001865881.  The  application  was  originally  submitted  on  September  9,  2004,  but  was 
 returned  to  the  applicant  for  clarification  on  November  19,  2004.  See  Return  Letter  No.  3150178.  The  application  was  amended  on  December  7,  2004. 


 4  See  Waiver  Request  at  1. 
 5  At  the  present  time,  the  National  Public  Safety  Planning  Advisory  Committee  (NPSPAC)  allocation  is  located  in 
 the  821-  824  MHz/  866-  869  MHz  segment,  but  will  be  relocated  to  the  806-  809  MHz/  851-  854  MHz  segment.  The  non-  NPSPAC  portion  of  the  800  MHz  band  consists  of  those  portions  of  the  band  that  are  located  outside  the 


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