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**DA 00-1699**

# Released: August 3, 2000

## Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Seeks Comment on PETITION BY AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC., TO TRANSFER FREQUENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CERTIFICATION TO AMERICAN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION, INC.

## Comment Date: September 5, 2000 Reply Date: September 20, 2000

This *Public Notice* seeks comment on a July 13, 2000 request by the
American Trucking Associations, Inc., (ATA) and the American Mobile
Telecommunications Association, Inc. (AMTA) to transfer ATA's frequency
advisory committee certification to AMTA.

Frequency coordination is the process by which a private organization
recommends to the Commission the most appropriate frequencies for
applicants in designated radio services. With limited exceptions,
frequency coordination is required before the Commission will grant a
license to an applicant in the Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR)
Services.[^1] In 1986, the Commission certified a frequency coordinator
for each of the PLMR services. [^2] ATA was certified to provide
frequency coordination services for the Motor Carrier Radio Service. In
1997, the Commission consolidated the PLMR services into two pools and
authorized the coordinators of the services consolidated into the
Industrial/Business Pool (including the Motor Carrier Radio Service) to
coordinate all of the frequencies in the Industrial/Business Pool, with
certain exceptions not relevant here.[^3]

ATA and AMTA contend that, given the consolidation of the PLMR services,
the Commission should no longer require a coordinator to represent a
specific class of eligible users. Instead, according to ATA and AMTA,
the key issues relating to certification transfer should be 1) whether
the transferee represents eligible users, 2) whether the transferee has
the requisite technical expertise, and 3) whether the transfer will
enhance competition among coordinators. They assert that the proposed
transfer meets these requirements, because 1) AMTA is a trade
organization representing PLMR eligibles; 2) AMTA proposes to perform
frequency coordination through an experienced engineering firm, using
advanced software and personnel experienced in the coordination process;
and 3) transfer of ATA's certification will provide another high-quality
choice for PLMR eligibles seeking coordination services. In addition,
ATA and AMTA argue that, while the Commission has never transferred a
frequency advisory committee certification, the power to do so is within
the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's delegated authority.

Interested parties may file comments on or before September 5, 2000.
Parties interested in submitting reply comments must do so on or before
September 20, 2000. All comments should reference the subject petition,
include the DA number of this *Public Notice*, and should be filed with
the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445
Twelfth Street, S.W., TW-325, Washington, D.C. 20054. A copy of each
filing should be sent to International Transcription Services, Inc.
(ITS), 1231 20^th^ Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 857-3800,
and to Jamison Prime, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division,
Policy and Rules Branch, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., Room 4-A734,
Washington, D.C. 20554.

The full text of the petition, comments and reply comments will be
available for inspection and duplication during regular business hours
in the Reference Information Center (RIC) of the Consumer Information
Bureau (CIB), Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street,
S.W., Room CY-A257. Copies may also be obtained from ITS. For further
information regarding the public reference file for this application
contact Maria Ringold, Chief, Wireless Branch, RIC, (202) 418-1350.

Unless otherwise provided, requests for Commission action are subject to
treatment by the Commission as restricted proceedings for *ex parte*
purposes under 47 C.F.R. § 1.1208. Because of the policy implications
and potential impact of this proceeding on persons not parties to the
application, we believe it would be in the public interest to treat this
matter as a permit-but-disclose proceeding under the *ex parte* rules.
*See* 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200(a), 1.1206. Therefore, subsequent to the
release of this *Public Notice*, *ex parte* presentations that are made
with respect to the issues involved in the subject application will be
allowed but must be disclosed in accordance with the requirements of 47
C.F.R. § 1.1206(b).

For further information, contact the Jamison Prime of the Public Safety
and Private Wireless Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
at (202) 418-0680, or via e-mail at jprime@fcc.gov.

By the Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.

\- FCC -

[^1]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 90.175 (setting forth the frequency coordination
    requirements).

[^2]: Frequency Coordination in the Private Land Mobile Services,
    *Report and Order*, PR Docket No. 83-737, 103 FCC 2d 1093 (1986).

[^3]: Replacement of Part 90 by Part 88 to Revise the Private Land
    Mobile Radio Services and Modify the Policies Governing Them,
    *Second Report and Order*, PR Docket No. 92-235, 12 FCC Rcd 14307
    (1997).