PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 10-880 May 18, 2010 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 13 (ILLINOIS) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO RESCHEDULE 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC REGIONAL PLANNING MEETINGS PR Docket No. 91-228 The Region 13 (Illinois)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) announce that the 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Public Safety planning meetings scheduled for Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at the South Jacksonville Municipal Center, 301 Dewey Drive, South Jacksonville, Illinois, have been cancelled. The next meetings will be held on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) Headquarters, 1701 E. Main Street, Urbana, Illinois. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene. The purpose of the meeting is to review any pending 800 MHz applications and to address any outstanding issues. Immediately following the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the same location. The purpose of the meeting is to review pending 700 MHz applications and address any outstanding issues. The Region 13 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 13 may utilize these frequencies. It is essential that eligible 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 13 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Gary J. Cochran, Chairman Region 13 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee Illinois State Police P.O. Box 19461, Room 401 Springfield, Illinois 62794-9461 (217) 558-6363 gary.cochran@isp.state.il.us - FCC - 1 The Region 13 (Illinois) 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC regional planning area includes the entire state of Illinois, except for the “Southern Lake Michigan” counties of Winnebago, McHenry, Cook, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Boone, Lake DuPage, DeKalb, Will and Kankakee. News media information 202 / 418-0500 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov