PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
 DA 09-65
January 16, 2009
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 30
(NEW YORK – ALBANY) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO 
HOLD 700 MHZ REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC 
REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS
Gen. Docket No. 90-394
The Region 30 (New York-Albany)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will 
hold two consecutive planning meetings on Tuesday, February 10, 2009.  Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 
700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Greene County Emergency Operations and Training 
Center, 25 Volunteer Drive, Cairo, New York 12413. 
The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approval of the February 10, 2009 meeting agenda
§ Review and approval of the October 23, 2008 meeting report
§ Old Business:
Status Update (Travis LaPage) 
o Update on the 700 MHz plan
o Region 30’s concurrence for RPC Region 28’s Proposed 700 MHz Plan 
o 700 MHz band restructuring (Sean O’Hara) 
§ New business and opportunity for comments
§ Schedule next meeting
Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety 
RPC will convene at the same location.
The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approval of the February 10, 2009 meeting agenda
§ Review and approval of the October 23, 2008 meeting report
§ Old business:  
Status Update (Travis LePage)  
o Update on Region 30 Window #3 Amendment 
o Update on 800 MHz Wave 4 Rebanding 
o Review and discuss Saratoga County and Town of Glenville applications
§ New business and opportunity for comments
o 800 MHz Plan update support
§ Schedule next meeting
 
1 The Region 30 regional planning area includes thirty-one counties in upstate New York:  Albany, Broome, 
Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Green, Hamilton, Herkimer, 
Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, 
Schenectady, Schoharie, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, and Washington.
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Both of the Region 30 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public.  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, 47 C.F.R. § 90.523, 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 30 should plan to attend.  For further information, please 
contact:
David A. Cook, Chairman 
700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committees 
Chief, East Greenbush Fire Company
2813 Phillips Road
Castleton, New York 12033
(518) 956-2812
dcook@fedeng.com
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