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grant of their initial license. EA-based
licensees may, in the alternative,
provide substantial service to their
markets within five years of the grant of
their initial license. Substantial service
shall be defined as: ‘‘Service which is
sound, favorable, and substantially
above a level of mediocre service.’’
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I 10. Section 90.693 is amended by
revising paragraphs (c), and (d)(2) to read
as follows:
§ 90.693 Grandfathering provisions for
incumbent licensees.
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(c) Special provisions for Spectrum
Blocks F1 through V. Incumbent
licensees that have received the consent
of all affected parties or a certified
frequency coordinator to utilize an 18
dBµV/m signal strength interference
contour shall have their service area
defined by their originally-licensed 36
dBµV/m field strength contour and their
interference contour shall be defined as
their originally-licensed 18 dBµV/m
field strength contour. The ‘‘originallylicensed’’ contour shall be calculated
using the maximum ERP and the actual
HAAT along each radial. Incumbent
licensees seeking to utilize an 18 dBµV/
m signal strength interference contour
shall first seek to obtain the consent of
affected co-channel incumbents. When
the consent of a co-channel licensee is
withheld, an incumbent licensee may
submit to any certified frequency
coordinator an engineering study
showing that interference will not
occur, together with proof that the
incumbent licensee has sought consent.
Incumbent licensees are permitted to
add, remove or modify transmitter sites
within their original 18 dBµV/m field
strength contour without prior
notification to the Commission so long
as their original 18 dBµV/m field
strength contour is not expanded and
the station complies with the
Commission’s short-spacing criteria in
§§ 90.621(b)(4) through 90.621(b)(6).
Incumbent licensee protection extends
only to its 36 dBµV/m signal strength
contour. Pursuant to the minor
modification notification procedure set
forth in § 1.947(b) of this chapter the
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incumbent licensee must notify the
Commission within 30 days of any
changes in technical parameters or
additional stations constructed that fall
within the short-spacing criteria. See 47
CFR 90.621(b).
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(2) Special Provisions for Spectrum
Blocks F1 through V. Incumbent
licensees that have received the consent
of all affected parties or a certified
frequency coordinator to utilize an 18
dBµV/m signal strength interference
contour operating at multiple sites may,
after grant of EA licenses has been
completed, exchange multiple site
licenses for a single license. This single
site license will authorize operations
throughout the contiguous and
overlapping 36 dBµV/m field strength
contours of the multiple sites.
Incumbents exercising this license
exchange option must submit specific
information on Form 601 for each of
their external base sites after the close
of the 800 SMR auction. The
incumbent’s geographic license area is
defined by the contiguous and
overlapping 18 dBµV/m contours of its
constructed and operational external
base stations and interior sites that are
constructed within the construction
period applicable to the incumbent.
Once the geographic license is issued,
facilities that are added within an
incumbent’s existing footprint and that
are not subject to prior approval by the
Commission will not be subject to
construction requirements.
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47 CFR Parts 22 and 90
[WT Docket No. 02–55; FCC 04–168]
Improving Public Safety
Communications in the 800 MHz Band
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: This document announces
that the information collection
requirements adopted in the 800 MHz
Report and Order are effective upon
publication of this document in the
Federal Register.
47 CFR 22.972, 22.973, 90.674,
90.676, and 90.677, published at 68 FR
67823 (Nov. 22, 2004) are effective
February 8, 2005.
DATES:
John
Evanoff, Esq., Public Safety and Critical
Infrastructure Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau at (202)
418–0680 or via the Internet at
jevanoff@fcc.gov. For additional
information concerning the Paperwork
Reduction Act information collection
requirements, contact Judith B. Herman
at (202) 418–0214.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
A
summary of the 800 MHz Report and
Order was published in the Federal
Register on November 22, 2004, 68 FR
67823. The 800 MHz Report and Order
adopted rules designed to abate
interference to public safety entities.
The summary stated that with the
exception of rules requiring OMB
approval, the rules adopted in the 800
MHz Report and Order would become
effective January 21, 2005. With regard
to rules requiring OMB approval, the
Commission stated it will publish a
document in the Federal Register
announcing the effective date of these
rules. The information collection
requirements in §§ 22.972, 22.973,
90.674, 90.675, 90.676 and 90.677 have
been approved by OMB. In a separate
document published in this issue, the
Commission has announced that OMB
has approved the information collection
requirements adopted in the 800 MHz
Report and Order. With publication of
the instant document in the Federal
Register, all rules adopted in the 800
MHz Report and Order are now
effective.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 22 and 90
[WT Docket No. 02-55; FCC 04-168]
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that the information collection
requirements adopted in the 800 MHz Report and Order are effective upon
publication of this document in the Federal Register.
DATES: 47 CFR 22.972, 22.973, 90.674, 90.676, and 90.677, published at
68 FR 67823 (Nov. 22, 2004) are effective February 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Evanoff, Esq., Public Safety and
Critical Infrastructure Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at
(202) 418-0680 or via the Internet at jevanoff@fcc.gov. For additional
information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act information
collection requirements, contact Judith B. Herman at (202) 418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary of the 800 MHz Report and Order
was published in the Federal Register on November 22, 2004, 68 FR
67823. The 800 MHz Report and Order adopted rules designed to abate
interference to public safety entities. The summary stated that with
the exception of rules requiring OMB approval, the rules adopted in the
800 MHz Report and Order would become effective January 21, 2005. With
regard to rules requiring OMB approval, the Commission stated it will
publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective
date of these rules. The information collection requirements in
Sec. Sec. 22.972, 22.973, 90.674, 90.675, 90.676 and 90.677 have been
approved by OMB. In a separate document published in this issue, the
Commission has announced that OMB has approved the information
collection requirements adopted in the 800 MHz Report and Order. With
publication of the instant document in the Federal Register, all rules
adopted in the 800 MHz Report and Order are now effective.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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