[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3971]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[DA 04-289]
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces Final Phase of the
Private Land Mobile Radio Station Construction and Operational Status
Audit
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the final phase of the Private Land
Mobile Radio (PLMR) Spectrum Audit. At the end of this phase, call
signs for which licensees have failed to respond to the audit will be
deemed to have cancelled automatically.
DATES: Response due on or before March 31, 2004.
ADDRESSES: All responses should be mailed to FCC, PLMR Spectrum Audit
Responses, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325, or faxed to (717)
338-2696.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Lawver, Public Safety & Critical
Infrastructure Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (717) 338-
2605.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of a Public Notice
released on February 9, 2004.
1. The Bureau has been conducting an audit of the construction and
operational status of certain Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR)
stations. The audit includes most PLMR Stations (radio services IG, YG,
PW, YW) licensed on frequencies below 512 MHz that are subject to
frequency coordination and rule-based construction and operational
requirements. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) part 90
rules for the PLMR facilities require construction within a specified
time and require that stations remain operational in order for the FCC
license to remain valid. Specifically, when a license fails to
construct its authorized PLMR facilities within the requisite
construction period or discontinues operation for a period of one year,
the license cancels automatically and the licensee is required to
notify the FCC.
2. The Bureau initially sent audit letters to licensees over a six
month period from August 2001, to January 2002. More than 267,000
letters involving approximately 420,000 call signs were sent. The
initial mailing generated a 73 percent response rate. In order to
generate a higher response rate, a second audit mailing took place in
April and May of 2002. As a result of this mailing, the response rate
increased to 88 percent. To date, there are approximately 14,000 call
signs for which the FCC has not received a response. Because of the
number of call signs in this category, we are not listing them in an
attachment to this Public Notice. The call signs, however, are listed
on the FCC's audit web page.
3. To assist licensees and industry in determining which call signs
have outstanding audit responses, there are several tools available on
the FCC's audit web page at http://wireless.fcc.gov/licensing/audits/plmrs/index.html. Information regarding particular call signs may be
obtained by querying the audit database under ``Audit Search''.
Listings of call signs for which the FCC has no record of a response
are available under ``Database Downloads''. These files are separated
by radio service and state/territory. In addition, if a licensee
determines that it needs to respond to the audit, a response form may
be downloaded from this page. The completed form should be faxed to:
(717) 338-2696 or mailed to: FCC, PLMR Spectrum Audit Responses, 1270
Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325.
4. On February 27, 2004, the WTB will begin sending out a third and
final letter to those licensees who have not responded to the audit.
Licensees will be given until March 31, 2004, to provide a response.
The FCC will presume from a failure to respond to this inquiry and
previous inquiries that the licensee has either failed to construct its
stations within the requisite time period or has discontinued operation
of its station for a period of one year. Consequently, if a licensee
does not provide a response by March 31, 2004, the stations will be
deemed to have cancelled automatically. The FCC's licensing database
will be updated to reflect that the licenses are no longer valid and
the frequencies will be made available for relicensing.
5. For additional information about PLMR Spectrum audit, please
call 1-888-225-5322 and select option 2 or visit the WTB Web site at
http://wireless.fcc.gov/licensing/audits/plmrs/index.html.
Federal Communications Commission.
D'wana R. Terry,
Chief, Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division, WTB.
[FR Doc. 04-3971 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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