PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 13-124 January 30, 2013 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 30 (NEW YORK - ALBANY) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC PLANNING MEETINGS Gen. Docket No. 90-394 The Region 30 (New York-Albany) 1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Monday, February 25, 2013. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz RPC will convene at the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Harriman State Office Campus, Building 7A, 1220 Washington Avenue, 1 st Floor Training Room, Albany, New York. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: ? Review and approve February 25, 2013 meeting agenda ? Review and approve June 25, 2012 meeting report ? Interoperability (SIEC Reports) NYS Representative Robert Barbato ? Technical Subcommittee o 4.9 GHz o 700 MHz ? New business ? Comments ? Schedule next meeting ? Adjourn Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the same location. 1 The Region 30 regional planning area includes thirty-one counties in upstate New York: Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Green, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, and Washington. News media information 202 / 418-0500 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov 2The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: ? Review and approve February 25, 2013 meeting agenda ? Review and approve June 25, 2012 meeting report ? Technical Subcommittee update o Approval letter request o Concurrence requests ? Old business ? New business ? Schedule next meeting ? Adjourn Both Region 30 Public Safety RPCs’ meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 30 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 30 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: David A. Cook, Chairman Region 30 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety RPCs 2813 Phillips Road Castleton, NY 12033 (518) 956-2812 dcook@nycap.rr.com - FCC -