Federal Communications Commission FCC 07-171
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Service Rules for the 698-746, 747-762
and 777-792 MHz Bands
Revision of the Commission’s Rules to Ensure
Compatibility with Enhanced 911 Emergency
Calling Systems
Section 68.4(a) of the Commission’s Rules
Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible Telephones
Biennial Regulatory Review – Amendment of 
Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, and 90 to Streamline and 
Harmonize Various Rules Affecting Wireless 
Radio Services
Former Nextel Communications, Inc. 
Upper 700 MHz Guard Band Licenses 
and Revisions to Part 27 of the 
Commission’s Rules
Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, 
Interoperable Public Safety Network in 
the 700 MHz Band
Development of Operational, Technical and 
Spectrum Requirements for Meeting Federal, 
State and Local Public Safety Communications 
Requirements Through the Year 2010
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WT Docket No. 06-150
CC Docket No. 94-102
WT Docket No. 01-309
WT Docket No. 03-264
WT Docket No. 06-169
PS Docket No. 06-229
WT Docket No. 96-86
ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION
Adopted:  September 24, 2007 Released:  September 24, 2007
By the Commission:  
I. INTRODUCTION
1. On July 31, 2007, we adopted a Second Report and Order revising the rules governing 
the upper 700 MHz band.1 In the Second Report and Order, we redesignated ten megahertz of public 
safety 700 MHz spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz) for the purpose of establishing a nationwide, 
interoperable broadband public safety communications network.  In this regard, we established a single 
  
1 Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band; Development 
of Operational, Technical and Spectrum Requirements for Meeting Federal, State and Local Public Safety 
Communications Requirements Through the Year 2010, PS Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 96-86, Second
Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 15289 (2007) (Second Report and Order).
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nationwide license for this spectrum – the Public Safety Broadband License.  Further, we stated that we 
would assign this license to a single entity – the Public Safety Broadband Licensee (PSBL).2
2. The Second Report and Order established certain criteria for the Public Safety Broadband 
Licensee eligibility, including that no commercial interest may be held in the PSBL, no commercial 
interest may participate in the management of the PSBL, the PSBL must be a non-profit organization, and 
the PSBL must be broadly representative of the public safety community.3 Further, the Second Report 
and Order requires that the PSBL be governed by a voting board consisting of eleven members, one each 
from the nine organizations representative of public safety listed below, and two at-large members 
selected by the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau, jointly on delegated authority.  The nine organizations that are to be represented on the board, 
with each organization represented by one voting board member, are:  the Association of Public Safety 
Communications Officials (APCO); the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); the 
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC); 
the National Sheriffs’ Association; the International City/County Management Association (ICMA); the 
National Governor’s Association (NGA); the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council 
(NPSTC); and the National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials (NASEMSO).4
3. On September 14, 2007, representatives of the Forestry Conservation Communications 
Association (FCCA), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 
(AASHTO), and the International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA) filed a notice of ex parte
presentation recommending that the Commission, on its own motion, add FCCA, AASHTO, and IMSA 
as voting members to the PSBL board of directors.5 For the reasons discussed below, we make certain 
changes to the composition of the PSBL board of directors on our own motion.
II. DISCUSSION
4. As noted above, one of our main criteria for the PSBL is that it be as broadly 
representative of the public safety community as possible.  While the original nine organizations we 
named would provide a substantial degree of such representation, we find that making the following 
changes to the board of directors would further serve this particular criterion and the public interest.  First, 
we name FCCA, AASHTO, and IMSA as additional organizations to be represented on the board as 
voting members.  FCCA was established in 1944 and coordinates frequencies within the Forestry –
Conservation spectrum.  In this capacity, FCCA provides services for forestry and conservation, police, 
fire, EMS and local government agencies.6 AASHTO represents highway and transportation departments 
in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, including the air, highway, public 
transportation, rail, and water transportation modes.7 IMSA dates back to 1896 and offers programs in a 
variety of public safety disciplines including public safety telecommunications, traffic control, work zone 
safety, and fire detection and reporting systems.8 Based on the particular expertise each of these 
organizations represents, we find that inclusion of these three organizations would further help to broaden 
representation of the public safety community in the PSBL board of directors.
5. Second, because FCCA, AASHTO, and IMSA are members of NPSTC, we will remove 
NPSTC as one of the named organizations that may be represented as a voting member of the PSBL.  
Finally, we find that increasing the number of at-large members from the current two to four would
  
2 Id. at ¶ 366.
3 Id. at ¶¶ 373-375.  
4 Id. at ¶ 374.
5 Letter from C. Douglas Jarrett, Esq., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, filed Sept. 14, 2007 (Ex Parte Notice).
6 Ex Parte Notice at 6.
7 Id. at 5.
8 Id. at 7.
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provide additional flexibility to maximize the effectiveness of the PSBL.  Accordingly, four at-large 
members will be selected by the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, jointly on delegated authority.  This will bring the total number of board 
members to fifteen.
III. ORDERING CLAUSES
6. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to sections 1, 2, 4(i), 5(c), 7, 10, 201, 202, 
208, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 314, 316, 319, 324, 332, 333, 337 and 403 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 152, 154(i), 155(c), 157, 160, 201, 202, 
208, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 314, 316, 319, 324, 332, 333, 337 and 403, THIS ORDER ON 
RECONSIDERATION in WT Docket No. 06-150, CC Docket No. 94-102, WT Docket No. 01-309, WT 
Docket No. 03-264, WT Docket No. 06-169, PS Docket No. 06-229, and WT Docket No. 96-86 is 
ADOPTED.  
7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT, that pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 553(d)(3) and 47 C.F.R. 
§ 1.427(b), this ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE upon publication in 
the Federal Register.9
8. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT, pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 5(c), the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Public Safety 
and Homeland Security Bureau ARE GRANTED DELEGATED AUTHORITY to implement the policies 
set forth in this ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Marlene H. Dortch
Secretary
  
9 See 5 U.S.C. § 553(d)(3) (“The required publication or service of a substantive rule shall be made not less than 30 
days before its effective date, except ... as otherwise provided by the agency for good cause found and published 
with the rule.”); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.103(a), 1.427(b).  Good cause is present here in order to provide sufficient 
time for prospective PSBL applicants to comply with the required composition of the PSBL board.