[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8415-8440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3972]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 04-290]


Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces Disposition of Call 
Signs Which Were Undeliverable in 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 its handling of call signs with 
outstanding audit responses for which Private Land Mobile (PLMR) 
Spectrum Audit letters have been returned to the Commission as 
undeliverable. As part of the final phase of the PLMR Spectrum Audit, 
undeliverable call signs which remain without a response 30 days after 
publication of this list in the Federal Register will be deemed to have 
cancelled automatically.

DATES: Effective March 25, 2004.

ADDRESSES: All responses should be mailed to FCC, PLMR Spectrum Audit 
Responses, 1270 Fairfield Road,

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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:
    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, the Bureau updated addresses and sent 
a second letter in April and May of 2002. As a result of this mailing, 
the response rate increased to 88 percent. To date, letters for 
approximately 2,300 call signs with outstanding audit responses have 
been returned to the FCC as undeliverable. The attachment lists the 
call signs with outstanding audit responses.
    3. Tools are available on the FCC's audit web page at http://wireless.fcc.gov/licensing/audits/plmrs/index.html to assist licensees 
and industry in determining which call signs are undeliverable and do 
not have a response. Information regarding particular call signs may be 
obtained by querying the audit database under ``Audit Search''. 
Listings of call signs for which the Commission 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. Licensees will have until March 25, 2004, to provide a response 
for the attached call signs. The FCC will presume from a failure to 
provide a response 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 25, 2004, the stations will be 
deemed to have cancelled automatically. The FCC's licensing database 
will be updated to reflect that licenses are no longer valid and the 
frequencies will be made available for relicensing.
    5. For additional information about the Private Land Mobile Radio 
construction 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.
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[FR Doc. 04-3972 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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