PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 12-139
February 3, 2012
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES
REGION 8 (NEW YORK – METROPOLITAN AREA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL 
PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC REGIONAL 
PLANNING MEETINGS
Gen. Docket No. 91-43
The Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees 
(RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.  Beginning at 10:00 
a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the Life Safety Complex, 
1 Jockish Square, Paramus, New Jersey.
The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approval of the February 21, 2012 Meeting Agenda
§ Review and approval of the November 22, 2011 Meeting Report
§ Officers Reports
o Chairman (Tony Melia)
o Vice Chairman (Al Demcoe)
o Treasurer (Myles Quinn)
o Secretary (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell)
§ Interoperability - Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) Reports
o New York State (Vincent Stiles)
o New Jersey (Jody Nester)
§ Working Group Activities
o 4.9 GHz Working Group 
» Guidelines revision – next steps
o 700 MHz Working Group 
» Updates on Region 8 700 MHz Windows 1- 4 
» Region 8 700 MHz Window 5 
» Interregional Concurrence with Region 28 Window 2
 
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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TTY  202 / 418-2555
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§ Old Business
o New York City Transit (NYCT) 4.9 GHz roll out
§ New business and opportunity for comments
Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety 
RPC meeting will convene at the same location.
The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approval of the February 21, 2012 Meeting Agenda
§ Review and approval of the November 22, 2011 Meeting Report
§ Officers Reports
o Chairman (Tony Melia)
o Vice Chairman (Al Demcoe)
o Treasurer (Myles Quinn)
o Secretary (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell)
§ Old Business
o Region 28 800 MHz plan concurrence
o Orange County, New York
§ New business and opportunity for comments
Both of the Region 8 Public Safety RPC 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 RPCs
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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