PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
 DA 08-501
March 5, 2008
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ACTION
REGION 36 (WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA) 700 MHz REGIONAL PLANNING 
COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES FIRST MEETING
The Region 36 (Western Pennsylvania)1 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning 
Committee Convener announces that the initial meeting of Region 36 700 MHz Public Safety 
Regional Planning Committee will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 7:00 p.m., in the 
main auditorium, Commissioner’s Hall, Westmoreland County Community College, 
Youngwood, Pennsylvania.  The purpose of the meeting is to elect a 700 MHz working group 
Chairperson and to begin developing the Region 36 700 MHz plan.  
The Region 36 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee meeting is 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 36 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 band within Region 36 should plan to attend.  For further information, 
please contact:
Richard Matason, Convener
Region 36 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee
rmatason@co.westmoreland.pa.us
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1 The Region 36 (Western Pennsylvania) 700 MHz regional planning area includes all Pennsylvania counties west of 
the West Branch Susquehanna River, and excludes the counties of Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia, 
Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, 
Tioga, Wayne, Wyoming and York, which are part of the Region 28 (New Jersey, Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania) 
regional planning area.  
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