PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 14-759 Released: June 2, 2014 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU PROVIDES DETAILS ABOUT PARTIAL ECONOMIC AREAS GN Docket No. 12-268 In the Incentive Auction Report and Order, the Commission adopted Partial Economic Areas (“PEAs”) as the service area for 600 MHz Band licenses, 1 with boundaries proposed by a coalition of wireless service providers (“PEA Coalition”). 2 As directed by the Commission in the Incentive Auction Report and Order, 3 this Public Notice provides a list of the 416 PEAs with their corresponding Economic Area, a list of counties showing the corresponding PEA, and a map of the PEAs. These attachments are also available on the FCC’s web site: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/maps/areas/. The lists contained in the appendices retain the boundaries proposed by the PEA Coalition, 4 but renumber the 416 PEAs to reflect rankings by population in the U.S., followed by the U.S. Territories and the Gulf of Mexico. The PEAs are named according to the largest city within each PEA. Appendix A – List of Partial Economic Areas with Corresponding Economic Area Appendix B – List of Counties with Corresponding Partial Economic Area Appendix C – Map of the Partial Economic Areas For further information, contact Paul Malmud at 202-418-0006, or via e-mail at Paul.Malmud@fcc.gov. -FCC- 1 Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, GN Docket No. 12-268, Report and Order, FCC 14-50 at paras. 68-80 (rel. June 2, 2014) (Incentive Auction Report and Order). See 47 C.F.R. § 27.6(l). 2 Incentive Auction Report and Order at para. 73. See Letters from C. Sean Spivey, Assistant General Counsel for CCA, Jill Canfield, Assistant General Counsel for NTCA, Caressa Bennet, General Counsel for RWA, and John A. Prendergast, Counsel to Blooston Rural Carriers (PEA Coalition), to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, GN Docket No. 12-268 (filed Mar. 11, 2014 and Mar. 20, 2014). The PEA Coalition proposed that the Commission adopt 416 PEAs to cover the United States and Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Gulf of Mexico. 3 See Incentive Auction Report and Order at n.216. 4 The Joint PEA Proposal creates PEA service areas by utilizing 2010 U.S. Census population and county boundary data. Incentive Auction Report and Order at para. 74.