PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 08-1298
June 2, 2008 
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU APPROVES
REGION 22 (MINNESOTA) 700 MHZ REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT
PS Docket No. 06-229 and WT Docket No. 02-378
By this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) approves the 
amended 700 MHz regional plan submitted by the Region 22 (Minnesota)1 700 MHz Regional Planning 
Committee for  General Use spectrum in the 769-775/799-805 MHz band.2  Region 22’s original Plan 
was approved in June 2006.3  
On July 31, 2007, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order revising the rules 
governing wireless licenses in the 700 MHz band.4 The Commission adopted a plan for the 700 MHz 
band to establish a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband communications network for the 
benefit of state and local public safety users.  The Commission designated the lower half of the 700 MHz 
public safety band for broadband communications (763-768/793-798 MHz) and consolidated existing 
narrowband allocations in the upper half of the public safety 700 MHz band (769-775/799-805 MHz).  
In revising the band plan for the public safety 700 MHz band, the Commission noted that 
consolidating the narrowband channels in the upper part of the band will impact approved and pending 
700 MHz regional planning committee (RPC) plans.  Accordingly, the Commission required RPCs with 
approved plans or plans on file to submit amended plans consistent with the decisions adopted in the 
Second Report and Order by November 23, 2007.5 On November 9, 2007, the Bureau extended the 
  
1 The Region 22 Minnesota 700 MHz regional planning area encompasses the entire state of Minnesota consisting of 
87 counties, and shares its northernmost border with the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario.  
2 See Letter from Steve Pott, Region 22 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee, to Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau, FCC, PS Docket No. 06-229 (filed Dec. 14, 2007) (Plan Amendment). 
3 See Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Approves Region 22 (Minnesota) 700 MHz Regional Plan, WT Docket 
No. 02-378, Public Notice, 21 FCC Rcd 6906 (WTB 2006).  In addition, the Bureau granted Region 22 a waiver for 
two missing letters of concurrence from unformed Region 32 (North Dakota) and Region 38 (South Dakota). See id. 
at 6908-10.
4 Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band; Development 
of Operational, Technical and Spectrum Requirements for Meeting Federal, State and Local Public Safety 
Communications Requirements Through the Year 2010, PS Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 96-86, Second
Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 15289 (2007) (Second Report and Order).
5 As of the adoption date of the Second Report and Order, the following regional plans had been approved:  
Region 5 (Southern California), Region 19 (New England), Region 24 (Missouri), Region 22 (Minnesota), Region 
12 (Idaho), Region 39 (Tennessee), Region 43 (Washington), Region 41 (Utah), Region 3 (Arizona), and Region 40 
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deadline for RPCs to submit amended plans, consistent with the decisions adopted in the Second Report 
and Order, to January 31, 2008, and provided additional guidance for the development of plan 
amendments.6  
On December 14, 2007, Region 22 RPC filed an amendment to:
§ Revise Plan Attachments (7) and (8) Narrowband Channel Tables by adding 5 MHz to the 
channel centers for channels 1 through 480 and 961 through 1440, and by subtracting 1 MHz 
from the channel centers for channels 481 through 960, 1141 through 1920.  
§ Delete Plan Attachments (11) through (15) Wideband Channel Allotment Tables.
§ Delete Plan Section 6.9 Wideband Data Standards.
§ Delete Plan Section 8.3 Wideband Data Channel Allotment, and replace it with the 
following new section and subsections:   Section 8.3 – Wideband Data Channel Allotment 
(explaining Second Report and Order provisions for wideband operations on a waiver 
basis); Section 8.3.1 - Wideband Application Procedures, and Section 8.3.2 - Applicable 
FCC Rules.
The Region 22 RPC coordinated the Plan Amendment and obtained letters of concurrence 
obtained from all four regions adjacent to Region 22:  Region 15 (Iowa), Region 38 (South Dakota), 
Region 32 (North Dakota), and Region 45 (Wisconsin).7  
On February 20, 2008, the Bureau solicited public comment on the Region 22 Plan Amendment.8  
We received no comments. We have reviewed the Region 22 Plan Amendment, and conclude, based on 
the information before us, that it complies with FCC rules and policies.  Accordingly, pursuant to Section 
4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and Section 1.102(b) of the 
Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.102(b), the Region 22 (Minnesota) 700 MHz Public Safety Plan 
Amendment is APPROVED.
     
(Northern Texas).  The following regional plans were pending as of the adoption date of the Second Report and 
Order: Region 1 (Alabama), Region 27 (Nevada), Region 45 (Wisconsin), Region 7 (Colorado), Region 9 (Florida), 
Region 16 (Kansas), and Region 20 (Northern Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia).  
6 See Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces an Extension of the Deadline for 700 MHz Regional 
Planning Committees to Amend 700 MHz Narrowband Plans from November 23, 2007 to January 31, 2008, 
PS Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 96-86, Public Notice, 22 FCC Rcd 19461 (PSHSB 2007).   
7 47 C.F.R. § 90.527(a)(5);  see Letter from Steve Pott, Region 22 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee, to 
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, FCC, PS Docket No. 06-229 (filed Jan. 31, 2008) (submitting letters 
of concurrence from regions adjacent to Region 22).  Although Regions 32 and 38 remain “unformed” 700 MHz 
regions, the 700 MHz Conveners (current 800 MHz RPC Chairs) submitted letters to Region 22 acknowledging 
receipt of the Plan Amendment and their tentative approvals.  
8 See Comments Invited on Region 22 (Minnesota) 700 MHz Plan Amendment, PS Docket No. 06-229; WT Docket 
No. 02-378, Public Notice, 23 FCC Rcd 2761 (PSHSB 2008).  Comments were due March 12, 2008 and reply 
comments were due March 24, 2008.  
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This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.191 and 0.392 of the 
Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.191, 0.392.
Action by the Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
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