Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 March 31, 2010 DA 10-572 Michael A. Micik Director of Public Safety Stockbridge-Munsee Community P.O. Box 70; W13455 Camp 14 Road Bowler, WI 54416 Dear Mr. Micik: This letter grants your request, received March 29, 2010, on behalf of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Department of Public Safety (the Community) for a waiver to permit certain Amateur Radio Service licensees to transmit communications on behalf of their employers during an upcoming government emergency drill. In your request, you state that the Community will be holding a multi-agency search and rescue exercise on May 1, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The drill will take place in Bowler, Wisconsin. 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 licensees who are Community employees to transmit communications on behalf of their employer in connection with this exercise: Myron Oestreich, KB9STB; and Roger Miller, KC9RTK. Other participants will be non-employee volunteers, whose participation does not require a waiver. 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 May 1, 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 amateur licensees listed in your request on behalf of their employers during the May 1, 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 Stockbridge-Munsee Community Department of Public Safety, received March 29, 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