PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 15-1091
Released:  September 29, 2015
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND 
REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING SEEKING 
COMMENT TO ENABLE RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS TO ACCESS PUBLIC SAFETY 
INTEROPERABILITY AND MUTUAL AID CHANNELS
PS Docket No. 15-199
Comments Due:  November 13, 2015
Reply Comments Due: November 30, 2015
1
On September 1, 2015, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in PS Docket 
No. 15-199 seeking comment on proposals to amend the Commission’s rules in order to enable railroad 
police officers to access to public safety interoperability and mutual aid channels.
2
  The NPRM set 
deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 45 and 60 days after publication in the Federal 
Register.
3
On September 29, 2015, the Office of the Federal Register published a summary of the NPRM
and associated comment and reply comment dates.
4
  Accordingly, comments must be filed on or before 
November 13, 2015; and reply comments must be filed on or before November 30, 2015.
5
  The NPRM
sets forth the comment filing instructions.
For further information regarding these proceedings, contact John A. Evanoff, Attorney-Advisor, 
Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-0848 or via 
email: John.Evanoff@fcc.gov. 
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1
The due date for reply comments falls on Saturday, November 28, 2015 (i.e. 60 days from the date of publication 
in the Federal Register).  However, because the reply comment due date falls on a “holiday” under the 
Commission’s rules, the reply comment due date will be the next “business day” i.e. Monday, November 30, 2015.  
See 47 C.F.R. § 1.4(e).
2
Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission’s Rules to Enable Railroad Police Officers to Access Public Safety 
Interoperability and Mutual Aid Channels, PS Docket No. 15-199, Notice of Proposed Rule Making, FCC 15-105
(2015).
3
Id. 
4
See 80 Fed. Reg. 58421 (September 29, 2015).  
5
Id.