[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25306]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA-01-2112]


Public Safety 700 MHz Band--Changes to Regional Planning 
Boundaries

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document, released by the Commission's Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau (``WTB''), accepts and approves the decisions 
of Connecticut and Michigan to ``opt out'' of their assigned planning 
regions for purposes of the regional planning process established by 
the Commission for the General Use channels in the 700 MHz public 
safety band. The intended effect of this document is to provide 
interested persons with notice of the WTB's actions and the specific 
``opt out'' decisions made by Connecticut and Michigan.

ADDRESSES: The complete text of this Public Notice, including the 
attachment, is available for inspection and copying during regular 
business hours at the FCC Reference Center, Portals II, 445--12th 
Street, S.W., Room CY-A257, Washington, D.C., 20554. It also may be 
purchased from the Commission's duplicating copy contractor, Qualex 
International, Portals II, 445--12th Street, S.W., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, D.C. 20554. The full text of the Public Notice including 
the attachment is available online at www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/2001/da012112.doc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bert Weintraub, Public Safety and 
Private Wireless Division, WTB, at (202) 418-0680 or by e-mail: 
[email protected]. Alternative formats of this Public Notice are 
available to persons with disabilities by contacting Martha Contee at 
(202) 418-0260 or TTY (202) 418-2555.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following is a summary of Public Notice, DA 
01-2112 (rel. Sept. 10, 2001). In 1998, the FCC decided that the 700 
MHz regional planning committees would be based on the same fifty-five 
planning regions used in the 800 MHz band. The FCC, however, also 
decided to allow states or territories not in regions defined by state 
boundaries to ``opt out'' of their existing regions to form or join a 
planning region that corresponds with their state's boundaries. See 
First Report and Order and Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, WT 
Docket No. 96-86, 63 FR 58645 (Nov. 2, 1998). The deadline date for 
reporting ``opt out'' decisions was July 2, 2001. See Public Notice, 66 
FR 13739 (Mar. 7, 2001), and Second Memorandum Opinion and Order, WT 
Docket No. 96-86, 65 FR 53641 (Sept. 5, 2000). (Pursuant to timely 
filed requests, however, the deadline date was extended until November 
2, 2001, and January 2, 2002, for the 700 MHz Public Safety Band Region 
42 RPC and the 700 MHz Public Safety Band Region 8 RPC, respectively.)
    Connecticut was eligible to ``opt out'' because it was part of 
Region 8 and Region 19; Michigan was eligible to ``opt out'' because it 
comprised Region 21 and part of Region 54. The Public Notice announces 
the WTB's acceptance and approval of the Connecticut and Michigan 
decisions and it includes an attachment setting forth the 700 MHz 
planning regions as modified as a result of these ``opt out'' 
decisions. The attachment also corrects several typographical errors/
omissions that appeared on earlier versions of the list of planning 
regions.

Federal Communications Commission.
D'wana R. Terry,
Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-25306 Filed 10-9-01; 8:45 am]
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