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extent possible. The most important of
these rules imposes responsibility on
the interfering carriers to remedy
interference in a timely manner.
In the long-term, the Commission
concluded that the entire 800 MHz band
must be restructured. Band restructuring
or reconfiguration refers to spectrally
segregating public safety and ESMR
operators as far as technically possible.
To this end, Nextel Communications
Inc. (Nextel) will secure a $2.5 billion
letter (letters) of credit to pay for band
reconfiguration. Without Nextel’s
support, public safety licensees could
not afford the costs of relocating their
systems. This information collection
includes the following requirements: (1)
Prior notification; (2) electronic
database; (3) response to interference
complaints; (4) clear and imminent
danger; (5) relocation agreements; and
(6) Transition Administrator.
The information collection
requirements and third party disclosure
requirements will be used by the
Commission to ensure that Cellular/
ESMR, Public Safety, Critical
Infrastructure Industry (CII), and other
800 MHz licensees comply with
interference mitigation and frequency
relocation requirements in an orderly,
timely, comprehensive fashion with no
unnecessary delay.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
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performance of the functions of the
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information shall have practical utility;
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burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
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time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
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Reduction Act (PRA) comments to
Cathy Williams, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1–
C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20554 or via the Internet to
pra@fcc.gov.
For
additional information or copies of the
information collection(s), contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918 or via the
Internet at pra@fcc.gov.
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OMB Control Number: 3060–0707.
Title: Over-the-Air Reception Devices
(OTARD).
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: State, local or tribal
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Number of Respondents: 60.
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Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
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Total Annual Burden: 224 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $9,050.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Secretary.
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NPSPAC Regions Assigned to Wave 1
and Specific 800 MHz Reconfiguration
Benchmark Compliance Dates
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: As part of the 800 MHz band
reconfiguration process, the
Commission stated that it would issue a
public notice thirty days before
reconfiguration is scheduled to start in
each NPSPAC region. Each such public
notice will specify a three-month
voluntary negotiation period during
which time identified licensees in the
regions being reconfigured are
encouraged to reach agreement with
Nextel on the details of relocating. The
voluntary negotiation period would be
followed by a three-month mandatory
negotiation period, if necessary. The
Commission also stated that it would
freeze the filing of certain 800 MHz
applications for the regions being
reconfigured when it issued a public
notice announcing the date when
voluntary negotiation of relocation
agreements must be concluded. The
Commission explained that this freeze is
necessary in order to maintain a stable
spectral landscape during the
reconfiguration process in each region.
Finally, the Commission noted that the
start date for reconfiguration in the first
NPSPAC region will also be the start
date for computation of two interim
reconfiguration benchmarks (eighteen
and thirty months) and the start date for
determining when reconfiguration must
be completed (thirty-six months).
DATES: This notice announces that 800
MHz band reconfiguration shall
commence on June 27, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roberto Mussenden,
Roberto.Mussenden@FCC.gov, Public
Safety and Critical Infrastructure
Division, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, (202) 418–0680, TTY (202) 418–
7233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of a public notice released on
May 27, 2005.
1. In July 2004, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
adopted a Report and Order (69 FR
67823, November 22, 2004), which
reconfigured the 800 MHz band to
eliminate interference to public safety
and other land mobile communication
systems operating in the band. As
specified in the Report and Order, the
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band reconfiguration process is being
overseen by a Transition Administrator
(TA) which has provided the
Commission with a plan detailing when
band reconfiguration will commence in
each of the fifty-five 800 MHz National
Public Safety Planning Advisory
Committee (NPSPAC) regions. On
March 11, 2005, the Bureau approved
the TA’s basic 800 MHz band
reconfiguration schedule, i.e., the
grouping of the NPSPAC regions into
four waves (Waves 1–4) and starting the
reconfiguration process in each wave on
the dates recommended by the TA.
2. In a public notice released on May
27, 2005, the Commission announced
that the 800 MHz band reconfiguration
process for non-NPSPAC channels will
start June 27, 2005, in the NPSPAC
regions assigned to Wave 1. A list of
NPSPAC regions assigned to Wave 1 is
attached to this notice. Therefore, the
three-month period during which nonNPSPAC 800 MHz licensees have the
option of negotiating on a voluntary
basis will end September 26, 2005,
followed by a the three-month
mandatory negotiation period that will
end December 26, 2005.
3. The Commission also announced
that, effective May 27, 2005, it froze the
filing of 800 MHz applications for nonNPSPAC channels in Wave 1. The freeze
applies to stations located in either (1)
one of the NPSPAC regions assigned to
Wave 1 or (2) an adjacent region but
within 70 miles of the border of one of
the Wave 1 regions. This freeze will last
until thirty working days after the date
for completion of mandatory
negotiations as specified above, i.e.,
until February 8, 2006. The freeze does
not apply to modification applications
filed to implement 800 MHz band
reconfiguration, modification
applications filed that do not change a
800 MHz frequency or expand a 800
MHz station’s existing coverage area
(e.g., administrative updates),
assignments/transfers, or renewal-only
applications.
4. The release date of the May 27,
2005 public notice also established the
eighteen, thirty and thirty-six month
reconfiguration benchmark compliance
dates as defined in the Report and Order
and Supplemental Order. Therefore,
Nextel Communications, Inc., must (i)
relocate all but Nextel and
SouthernLINC incumbents from
Channels 1–120 in the first twenty
NPSPAC regions scheduled for
reconfiguration and (ii) initiate retuning
negotiations with all NPSPAC licensees
in those same regions by December 26,
2006, (eighteen month benchmark) and
that all applicable systems must have
commenced reconfiguration by
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December 26, 2007 (thirty month
benchmark). The 800 MHz band
reconfiguration must be completed by
June 26, 2008 (thirty-six month
benchmark).
5. To facilitate the 800 MHz
reconfiguration process, the
Commission has established the
following new radio service codes for
licenses that list 800 MHz band
frequencies governed by part 90 of the
Commission’s Rules:
Site specific licenses:
• Public safety (conventional)—GE
• Public safety (trunked)—YE
• Business/Industrial/Land
Transportation (conventional)—GJ
• Business/Industrial/Land
Transportation (trunked)—YJ
• SMR (conventional)—GM and GL
(The GL code is used only for
applications listing both 800 MHz and
900 MHz frequencies)
• SMR (trunked)—YM and YL (The
YL code is used only for applications
listing both 800 MHz and 900 MHz
frequencies)
Geographic area licenses:
ATTACHMENT—NPSPAC REGIONS
ASSIGNED TO WAVE 1
NPSPAC
Region
Description of Region 1
6
7
8
11
13
California (Northern)
Colorado
NY City area (NY, NJ, & CT)
Hawaii
Illinois (except Southern Lake
Michigan counties)
Indiana (except Southern Lake
Michigan counties)
New England
Maryland, Northern VA & DC
Nevada
Eastern PA, DE & Southern NJ
Oregon
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin (except Southern Lake
Michigan counties)
Southern Lake Michigan (MI, WI,
IL, & IN) 2
Large non-public safety systems
that cover multiple NPSPAC regions 3
14
19
20
27
28
35
41
42
45
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listing both 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz
frequencies)
6. The Commission’s Universal
Licensing System (ULS) will
automatically update modification
applications filed to implement 800
MHz band reconfiguration to show the
appropriate new radio service code (i.e.,
applicants should file using their
current radio service codes). Once the
radio service code has been changed on
the license by the Commission,
licensees filing subsequent applications
concerning that license must use the
new radio service code.
7. The Reconfiguration Plan filed by
the TA is available on the Commission’s
800 MHz band reconfiguration Web
page at https://www.800MHz.gov.
Questions concerning the plan, and
other Transition Administrator matters,
including whether your 800 MHz
system must be relocated, should be
directed to Brett Haan, BearingPoint,
1676 International Drive, McLean, VA
22102, Brett.Haan@800ta.org.
Federal Communications Commission.
Ramona Melson,
Chief of Staff, Public Safety and Critical
Infrastructure Division, WTB.
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Petitions For Reconsideration of
Action in Rulemaking Proceedings
May 25, 2005.
Petitions for Reconsideration have
been filed in the Commission’s
Rulemaking proceedings listed in this
Public Notice and published pursuant to
47 CFR Section 1.429(e). The full text of
this document is available for viewing
and copying in Room CY–B402, 445
54
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC or
may be purchased from the
*
Commission’s copy contractor, Best
Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI) (1–800–
378–3160). Oppositions to these
1 Regions that are only a portion of a state
or states are defined by counties. A list of the petitions must be filed by June 30, 2005.
counties in each of these regions can be See Section 1.4(b)(1) of the
accessed at https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wire- Commission’s rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)).
less/Orders/1998/fcc98191.txt.
Replies to an opposition must be filed
2 The counties in Michigan in Region 54 will
be in Wave 4 because of border area issues. within 10 days after the time for filing
oppositions have expired.
See TA Plan.
3 Large non-public safety systems that proSubject: In the Matter of Review of the
vide coverage beyond the border of NPSPAC
regions in Wave 1 will have their entire sys- Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of
tem, including base stations located outside Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (CC
the boundaries of Wave 1 NPSPAC regions, Docket No. 01–338)
reconfigured as part of the Wave 1 reconfigImplementation of the Local
uration process.
Competition Provisions of the
• SMR, market area—YH and CY (The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC
CY code is used only for applications
Docket No. 96–98)
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NPSPAC Regions Assigned to Wave 1 and Specific 800 MHz
Reconfiguration Benchmark Compliance Dates
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As part of the 800 MHz band reconfiguration process, the
Commission stated that it would issue a public notice thirty days
before reconfiguration is scheduled to start in each NPSPAC region.
Each such public notice will specify a three-month voluntary
negotiation period during which time identified licensees in the
regions being reconfigured are encouraged to reach agreement with
Nextel on the details of relocating. The voluntary negotiation period
would be followed by a three-month mandatory negotiation period, if
necessary. The Commission also stated that it would freeze the filing
of certain 800 MHz applications for the regions being reconfigured when
it issued a public notice announcing the date when voluntary
negotiation of relocation agreements must be concluded. The Commission
explained that this freeze is necessary in order to maintain a stable
spectral landscape during the reconfiguration process in each region.
Finally, the Commission noted that the start date for reconfiguration
in the first NPSPAC region will also be the start date for computation
of two interim reconfiguration benchmarks (eighteen and thirty months)
and the start date for determining when reconfiguration must be
completed (thirty-six months).
DATES: This notice announces that 800 MHz band reconfiguration shall
commence on June 27, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roberto Mussenden,
Roberto.Mussenden@FCC.gov, Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure
Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-0680, TTY (202)
418-7233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of a public notice
released on May 27, 2005.
1. In July 2004, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
adopted a Report and Order (69 FR 67823, November 22, 2004), which
reconfigured the 800 MHz band to eliminate interference to public
safety and other land mobile communication systems operating in the
band. As specified in the Report and Order, the
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band reconfiguration process is being overseen by a Transition
Administrator (TA) which has provided the Commission with a plan
detailing when band reconfiguration will commence in each of the fifty-
five 800 MHz National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee
(NPSPAC) regions. On March 11, 2005, the Bureau approved the TA's basic
800 MHz band reconfiguration schedule, i.e., the grouping of the NPSPAC
regions into four waves (Waves 1-4) and starting the reconfiguration
process in each wave on the dates recommended by the TA.
2. In a public notice released on May 27, 2005, the Commission
announced that the 800 MHz band reconfiguration process for non-NPSPAC
channels will start June 27, 2005, in the NPSPAC regions assigned to
Wave 1. A list of NPSPAC regions assigned to Wave 1 is attached to this
notice. Therefore, the three-month period during which non-NPSPAC 800
MHz licensees have the option of negotiating on a voluntary basis will
end September 26, 2005, followed by a the three-month mandatory
negotiation period that will end December 26, 2005.
3. The Commission also announced that, effective May 27, 2005, it
froze the filing of 800 MHz applications for non-NPSPAC channels in
Wave 1. The freeze applies to stations located in either (1) one of the
NPSPAC regions assigned to Wave 1 or (2) an adjacent region but within
70 miles of the border of one of the Wave 1 regions. This freeze will
last until thirty working days after the date for completion of
mandatory negotiations as specified above, i.e., until February 8,
2006. The freeze does not apply to modification applications filed to
implement 800 MHz band reconfiguration, modification applications filed
that do not change a 800 MHz frequency or expand a 800 MHz station's
existing coverage area (e.g., administrative updates), assignments/
transfers, or renewal-only applications.
4. The release date of the May 27, 2005 public notice also
established the eighteen, thirty and thirty-six month reconfiguration
benchmark compliance dates as defined in the Report and Order and
Supplemental Order. Therefore, Nextel Communications, Inc., must (i)
relocate all but Nextel and SouthernLINC incumbents from Channels 1-120
in the first twenty NPSPAC regions scheduled for reconfiguration and
(ii) initiate retuning negotiations with all NPSPAC licensees in those
same regions by December 26, 2006, (eighteen month benchmark) and that
all applicable systems must have commenced reconfiguration by December
26, 2007 (thirty month benchmark). The 800 MHz band reconfiguration
must be completed by June 26, 2008 (thirty-six month benchmark).
5. To facilitate the 800 MHz reconfiguration process, the
Commission has established the following new radio service codes for
licenses that list 800 MHz band frequencies governed by part 90 of the
Commission's Rules:
Site specific licenses:
Public safety (conventional)--GE
Public safety (trunked)--YE
Business/Industrial/Land Transportation (conventional)--GJ
Business/Industrial/Land Transportation (trunked)--YJ
SMR (conventional)--GM and GL (The GL code is used only
for applications listing both 800 MHz and 900 MHz frequencies)
SMR (trunked)--YM and YL (The YL code is used only for
applications listing both 800 MHz and 900 MHz frequencies)
Geographic area licenses:
Attachment--NPSPAC Regions Assigned to Wave 1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPSPAC
Region Description of Region \1\
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6 California (Northern)
7 Colorado
8 NY City area (NY, NJ, & CT)
11 Hawaii
13 Illinois (except Southern Lake Michigan counties)
14 Indiana (except Southern Lake Michigan counties)
19 New England
20 Maryland, Northern VA & DC
27 Nevada
28 Eastern PA, DE & Southern NJ
35 Oregon
41 Utah
42 Virginia
45 Wisconsin (except Southern Lake Michigan counties)
54 Southern Lake Michigan (MI, WI, IL, & IN) \2\
* Large non-public safety systems that cover multiple NPSPAC
regions \3\
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1 Regions that are only a portion of a state or states are defined by
counties. A list of the counties in each of these regions can be
accessed at https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1998/
fcc98191.txt.
2 The counties in Michigan in Region 54 will be in Wave 4 because of
border area issues. See TA Plan.
3 Large non-public safety systems that provide coverage beyond the
border of NPSPAC regions in Wave 1 will have their entire system,
including base stations located outside the boundaries of Wave 1
NPSPAC regions, reconfigured as part of the Wave 1 reconfiguration
process.
SMR, market area--YH and CY (The CY code is used only for
applications listing both 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz frequencies)
6. The Commission's Universal Licensing System (ULS) will
automatically update modification applications filed to implement 800
MHz band reconfiguration to show the appropriate new radio service code
(i.e., applicants should file using their current radio service codes).
Once the radio service code has been changed on the license by the
Commission, licensees filing subsequent applications concerning that
license must use the new radio service code.
7. The Reconfiguration Plan filed by the TA is available on the
Commission's 800 MHz band reconfiguration Web page at https://
www.800MHz.gov. Questions concerning the plan, and other Transition
Administrator matters, including whether your 800 MHz system must be
relocated, should be directed to Brett Haan, BearingPoint, 1676
International Drive, McLean, VA 22102, Brett.Haan@800ta.org.
Federal Communications Commission.
Ramona Melson,
Chief of Staff, Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division,
WTB.
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