**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

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**ERRATA**

**Adopted: September 13, 2000 Released: September 14, 2000**

By the Chief, Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:

1.  On January 7, 2000, the Commission issued the *First Report and
    Order* in the above-referenced proceeding.[^1] The *First Report and
    Order* and implementing regulations in Section 27.6(b)(2) adopted
    Economic Area Groupings (EAGs) for licensing Blocks C and D of the
    700 MHz spectrum, consisting of the 747-762 MHz and the 777-792 MHz
    bands. On March 9, 2000, the Commission issued the *Second Report
    and Order* in the above-referenced proceeding.[^2] The *Second
    Report and Order* and implementing regulations in Section 27.6(b)(1)
    adopted Major Economic Areas (MEAs) for licensing Blocks A and B of
    the 700 MHz spectrum, consisting of the 746-747/776-777 MHz and the
    762-764/792-794 MHz bands (the Guard Bands). Both EAGs and MEAs are
    based on the 172 Economic Areas (EAs) defined by the U.S. Department
    of Commerce, as modified by the Commission. The Commission noted
    this fact in both the *First Report and Order*[^3] and the *Second
    Report and Order*,[^4] and noted, further, in the *Second Report and
    Order*,[^5] that the geographic areas adopted for Blocks A and B
    parallel those previously adopted in Section 27.6 of the
    Commission's rules for licensing Blocks A and B of the 2305-2320 MHz
    and 2345-2360 MHz bands (Wireless Communications Services or WCS).

2.  Based on its decision to apply the existing licensing framework in
    Part 27 to the 746-764 MHz and 776-794 MHz bands,[^6] the Commission
    implemented its decision concerning geographic licensing areas for
    the 10 and 20 megahertz bands, in part, by incorporating by
    reference in new Section 27.6(b)(2) the *WCS Report and Order.*[^7]
    For the Guard Bands, a cross reference to the list of MEAs set forth
    for WCS in existing Section 27.6(a)(1) was included in new Section
    27.6(b)(1). However, in both instances, the regulations did not
    clearly reflect the Commission's stated objective in both the *First
    Report and Order* and the *Second Report and Order* to base
    geographic areas for the 700 MHz band on the geographic area
    configurations identified in the chart of REAGs, MEAs and EAs
    originally established for WCS in Section 27.6. Specifically, the
    language in new Sections 27.6(b)(1) and 27.6(b)(2) inadvertently
    failed to make specific reference to the definitional criterion for
    the Gulf of Mexico EA presently set forth in Section 27.6(a)(2).[^8]
    Section 27.6(a)(2) states that "\[t\]he Gulf of Mexico EA extends
    from 12 nautical miles off the U.S. Gulf coast outward into the
    Gulf."

3.  To be consistent with the Commission's stated intention in both the
    *First Report and Order* and the *Second Report and Order* to employ
    EAs, as modified by the Commission, in establishing geographic areas
    for Blocks A and B and C and D of the 700 MHz band, Section 27.6 is
    amended in paragraph (b)(1) by deleting the phrase "paragraph
    (a)(1)" and inserting the phrase "paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2)" in
    lieu thereof and is further amended in paragraph (b)(2) by inserting
    the phrase "paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section and"
    between the phrases "*See also*" and "62 FR 9636 (March 3, 1997)."
    Sections 27.6(b)(1) and 27.6(b)(2), as corrected, read as follows:

**§ 27.6 Service areas.**

\* \* \* \* \*

\(b\) [746-764 MHz and 776-794 MHz bands]{.underline}.

\(1\) Service areas for Block A in the 746-747 and 776-777 MHz bands and
Block B in the 762-764 and 792-794 MHz bands are based on Major Economic
Areas (MEAs), as defined in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this
section.

\(2\) Service areas for Blocks C and D in the 747-762 MHz and 777-792
MHz bands are based on Economic Area Groupings (EAGs) as defined by the
Federal Communications Commission. *See* 62 FR 15978 (April 3, 1997)
extended with the Gulf of Mexico. *See also* paragraphs (a)(1) and
(a)(2) of this section and 62 FR 9636 (March 3, 1997), in which the
Commission created an additional four economic area-like areas for a
total of 176. Maps of the EAGs and the [Federal Register]{.smallcaps}
Notice that established the 172 Economic Areas (EAs) are available for
public inspection and copying at the Reference Center, Room CY A-257,
445 12^th^ St., S.W., Washington, DC 20554. These maps and data are also
available on the FCC website at
[www.fcc.gov/oet/info/maps/areas/](http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/maps/areas/).

4.  On June 30, 2000, the Commission issued a *Memorandum Opinion and
    Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking* in the
    above-referenced proceeding.[^9] In Appendix B, "Final Rules," the
    authority citation for Part 27 erroneously omitted reference to
    Sections 336 and 337 of the Communications Act, as amended, 47
    U.S.C. 336 and 337. The authority citation for Part 27 is hereby
    amended by adding citations to 47 U.S.C. 336 and 337, and reads as
    follows:

**Authority:** 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 332, 336 and 337.

> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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> Kris Anne Monteith
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> Chief, Policy Division
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> Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

[^1]: Service Rules for the 746-764 and 776-794 MHz Bands, and Revisions
    to Part 27 of the Commission's Rules, WT Docket No. 99-168, *First
    Report and Order*, FCC 00-5 (rel. Jan. 7, 2000) (*First Report and
    Order*).

[^2]: Service Rules for the 746-764 and 776-794 MHz Bands and Revisions
    to Part 27 of the Commission's Rules, WT Docket No. 99-168, *Second
    Report and Order*, FCC 00-90 (rel. Mar. 9, 2000) (*Second Report and
    Order*).

[^3]: *First Report and Order* at para. 54

[^4]: *Second Report and Order* at para. 68.

[^5]: *Id*.

[^6]: *See First Report and Order* at para. 2.

[^7]: In defining the perimeter of EA 176, the Gulf of Mexico, the
    Commission stated in the *WCS Report and Order* that "land-based
    license regions abutting the Gulf of Mexico will extend to the limit
    of the territorial waters of the United States in the Gulf, which is
    the maritime zone that extends approximately twelve nautical miles
    from the U.S. baseline. Beyond that line of demarcation we will
    create the Gulf of Mexico. . . ." *See* Amendment of the
    Commission's Rules to Establish Part 27, The Wireless Communications
    Service, GN Docket No. 96-228, *Report and Order*, 12 FCC Rcd
    10,785, 10,816 (para. 59) (*WCS Report and Order*).

[^8]: Previously 47 C.F.R. 27.6(b) (1999).

[^9]: Service Rules for the 746-764 and 776-794 MHz Bands and Revisions
    to Part 27 of the Commission's Rules, WT Docket No. 99-168,
    *Memorandum Opinion and Order and Further Notice of Proposed
    Rulemaking*, FCC 00-224 (rel. June 30, 2000) (*Memorandum Opinion
    and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking*).