PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
 DA 07-5087
December 21, 2007
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ACTION
REGION 55 (NEW YORK – BUFFALO) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING
COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHz REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING AND 
800 MHz NPSPAC REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS
PR Docket No. 92-287
The Region 55 (New York – Buffalo)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees will 
hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, January 17, 2008.  Beginning at 10:00
a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the Genesee 
County Sheriff’s Administration Building and Emergency Communications Center, 165 Park 
Road, Batavia, New York.  
The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approve January 17, 2008 meeting agenda
§ Review and approve November 15, 2007 meeting report
§ Old business
o Update – Technical Subcommittee
o Review of  Region 28 700 MHz plan (Mr. Matthew Delany)
o Update – 700 MHz working group status report (Mr. Travis LePage)
o Update – 700 MHz band restructuring (Mr. Sean O’Hara)
§ New business/comments
§ Schedule next meeting
§ Adjourn
Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee 
meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the same 
location.
The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approve January 17, 2007 meeting agenda
 
1 The Region 55 (New York – Buffalo) area includes the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, 
Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and 
Yates. 
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§ Review and approve November 15, 2007 meeting report
§ Old business
o Update – Technical Subcommittee (improving public safety communications in 
the new 800 MHZ band plan for U.S. – Canada border region, Mr. Matthew 
Delaney)
o Update – Region 55 Window #3, 4 and 5 applications regional concurrence (Mr. 
Sean O’Hara)
o Update –  Wave 4 rebanding (Mr. Sean O’Hara)
§ New business/comments
o Vote, approve and execute paperwork – joint recommendation to issue regional 
concurrence on outstanding February 2006 Region 28 and Region 36 spectrum 
application, as well as Region 55 Windows 3, 4, and 5 applications.
§ Schedule next meeting
§ Adjourn
Both of the Region 55 Public Safety Regional Planning Committee meetings are open to 
the public. All eligible public safety providers whose sole or principal purpose is to protect the 
safety of life, health, or property in Region 55 may utilize these frequencies.  It is essential that 
public safety agencies in all areas of government, including state, municipality, county, and 
Native American Tribal, and non-governmental organizations eligible under Section 90.523 of 
the Commission’s 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 their agency’s needs.
All interested parties wishing to participate in planning for the use of public safety 
spectrum in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands within Region 55 should plan to attend.  For 
further information, please contact:
Captain Joseph C. Grube, Chair
Region 55, 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committees
301 Court Street
Little Valley, New York 14755
(716) 938-9191
jcgrube@cattco.org
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