PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 10-380
March 4, 2010
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES
REGION 8 (NEW YORK – METROPOLITAN AREA) 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. 91-43
The Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees 
will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Tuesday, April 20, 2010.  Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 
700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the Rockland County Fire 
Training Center, 35 Firemen’s Memorial Drive, Pomona, New York.
The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approval of the April 20, 2010 Meeting Agenda
§ Review and approval of the February 16, 2010 Meeting Report
§ Interoperability (SIEC Reports)
o New York State (Mr. Vincent Stiles)
o New Jersey (Ms. Jody Nestor)
§ Working Group activities:
o 4.9 GHz Working Group (Mr. Felix Melendez)
» 4.9 GHz licensing update
» Guidelines review and plan status
» Licensing of fixed stations
o 700 MHz Working Group 
» Update on Region 8 700 MHz Window #1 application
» Update on RPC Region 8 700 MHz Bylaws (Regional Plan Update Committee)
» Update on Region 19 Window 700 MHz (Window 9)
» Announcement of 700 MHz Application Filing Window #2, September 1-30, 2010
§ New business and opportunity for comments
§ Schedule next meeting
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.
 
1 Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area) consists of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, 
Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, and Westchester Counties, New York; and Bergen, Essex, 
Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, Warren, Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer, and Monmouth 
Counties, New Jersey.
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The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approval of the April 20, 2010 Meeting Agenda
§ Review and approval of the February 16, 2010 Meeting Report
§ Old Business
o 800 MHz Rebanding
o Review open action items:
» Region 19 800 MHz Regional Plan
» Region 28 800 MHz Plan Amendment
» New York State SIPO waiver request
» New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania approval requests
» CTSP Region 8, Window #8 approval letter
§ New business and opportunity for comments
§ Schedule next meeting
Both of the Region 8 Public Safety Regional Planning Committee meetings are open to the 
public.  All eligible public safety providers in Region 8 may utilize these frequencies.  It is essential that 
public safety agencies in all areas of government, including state, municipality, county, and Native 
American Tribal 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 the planning for the use of public safety spectrum 
in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands within Region 8 should plan to attend.  For further information, 
please contact:
Lieutenant Anthony Melia, Chairman
Region 8 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee
New Jersey State Frequency Coordinator
APCO New Jersey Frequency Advisor
Essex County Sheriff’s Office, Field Operations Division
50 Nelson Place
Newark, NJ 07102
meliaa@apco911.org
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