Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
June 2, 2010
DA 10-1003
Gregory Williams
Director
Monroe County Office of Emergency Management
987 S. Raisinville Rd.
Monroe, MI  48161-9700
Dear Mr. Williams:   
This letter grants your request, dated May 27, 2010, on behalf of the Monroe County Office of 
Emergency Management (the County) for a waiver to permit certain Amateur Radio Service licensees to 
transmit communications on behalf of their employer during an upcoming government emergency drill.  
In your request, you state that the County will be holding an exercise on June 7 and 8, 2010.  You 
state that these exercises will test emergency communications, particularly amateur radio as a secondary 
form of communication, in the event of a radiological event at the Detroit Edison FERMI II nuclear 
power plant.  The drill will be held at Monroe, Petersburg, and Erie, Michigan.
Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 97.113(a)(3), prohibits amateur 
licensees from transmitting communications in which they have a pecuniary interest, including 
communications on behalf of an employer.  You therefore request a waiver of this rule to permit the 
following Amateur Radio Service licensees to transmit communications on behalf of their employers in 
connection with this exercise:  for the County, Gregory Williams, KC8WUN, Ralph Schall III, KD8BUT, 
Jeremy Jennings, KD8KIB, and Daniel Carpus, W2PUT; and for Detroit Edison, Michael Karmol, 
N8KUF, Glen Ohlemacher, K8GO, and Michael Hall, K8MLH.
Section 1.3 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, provides that the Commission may 
waive its rules if good cause for waiver is shown.  We conclude that grant of the waiver request is 
appropriate under the circumstances presented.  The public interest in facilitating the June 7 and 8, 2010 
public safety exercise by permitting the specified amateur licensees to participate warrants this limited 
waiver of Section 97.113(a)(3).  This waiver grant permits transmission of communications by the above-
listed amateur employees on behalf of their employers during the June 7 and 8, 2010 exercise, and 
immediately prior to the exercise for the purpose of operational testing of equipment.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the waiver request of the Monroe County Office of 
Emergency Management, dated May 27, 2010, IS GRANTED.
This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau