PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 12-1691 October 22, 2012 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 54 (SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ MEETINGS General Docket No. 91-228 The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Grundy County Emergency Management Agency, 1320 Union Street, Morris, Illinois. The purpose of the meetings is to review pending 800 MHz and 700 MHz applications, address outstanding issues, and to discuss the status of the 700 MHz plan. Both Region 54 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 54 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 planning for the use of public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands within Region 54 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: 1 The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan) 700 MHz RPC encompasses counties in three states bordering Lake Michigan: Winnebago, McHenry, Cook, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Boone, Lake, DuPage, DeKalb, Will, and Kankakee Counties, Illinois; Lake, LaPorte, Jasper, Starke, St. Joseph, Porter, Newton, Pulaski, Marshall, and Elkart Counties, Indiana; and Kenosha, Milwaukee, Washington, Dodge, Walworth, Jefferson, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha Counties, Wisconsin. The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan) 800 MHz NPSPAC RPC includes the Michigan counties of Kent, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Barry, Muskegon, Allegan, Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph, in addition to all of the above-mentioned Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin counties. News media information 202 / 418-0500 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov 2Chris Kindelspire Secretary, Region 54 700 MHz RPC Vice-chair, Region 54 800 MHz RPC Grundy County ETSB (911) 111 East Illinois Avenue Morris, Illinois 60450 (815) 405-0998 ckspire@grundy911.org - FCC -