PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 12-613 April 17, 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 The Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area)1 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold quarterly meetings on the following dates and times: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Orange County Department of Emergency Services 22 Wells Farm Road Goshen, New York 700 MHz meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. 800 MHz meeting immediately follows Tuesday, August 28, 2012 Paramus Life Safety Complex 1 Jockish Square Paramus, New Jersey 700 MHz meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. 800 MHz meeting immediately follows Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Rockland County Fire Training Center 35 Firemens Memorial Drive Pomona, New York 700 MHz meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. 800 MHz meeting immediately follows Region 8 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 8 may utilize these frequencies. To ensure that RPC meetings consider each agency’s future spectrum needs in the allocation process, it is essential that eligible public safety agencies in all areas of government, including state, municipality, county, and Native American Tribal be represented. Administrators who are not oriented in the communications field should delegate someone with this knowledge to attend, participate, and represent their agency’s needs. 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. News media information 202 / 418-0500 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov 2 All interested parties wishing to participate in the planning for the use of public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC bands within Region 8 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Lieutenant Anthony Melia (Ret.), 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 560 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ 07052 (973) 324-9755, ext. 2006 meliaa@apco911.org AMelia@EssexSheriff.com Allen J. Demcoe, Vice-Chairman Region 8 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety RPCs Middlesex County Radio Systems and Interoperability Coordinator 1001 Fire Academy Drive, Sayreville, NJ 08872 (732) 316-7183 allen.demcoe@co.middlesex.nj.us -FCC -