**PUBLIC NOTICE**![](media/image1.png){width="0.6541666666666667in"
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**Federal Communications Commission**

**445 12th St., S.W.**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

**DA 06-1317**

> **June 27, 2006**

# WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ACTION

**NEW ENGLAND AREA (REGION 19) 800 MHZ REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
RECEIVES APPROVAL FOR AMENDMENT TO ITS PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN**

**(GENERAL DOCKET NO. 90-53)**

By this *Public Notice*, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau)
announces that the Region 19 (New England Area)[^1] 800 MHz Regional
Planning Committee\'s proposal to amend the New England Area National
Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) Plan is approved. On
December 29, 2005, the Region 19 (New England Area) 800 MHz
(821-824/866-869 MHz) Regional Planning Committee filed an amendment to
its National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) Plan,
which documented new and revised channel assignments to the frequency
allocation table.[^2]

The Plan Amendment includes channel allocation results from the Region's
Eighteenth Window application process[^3] and was coordinated with
Region 19's adjacent regions, Region 8 (New York -- Metropolitan)[^4]
and Region 30 (New York).[^5] The revised plan allocates channels to the
following public safety entities: the Connecticut State Police; North
Providence, Rhode Island; Hartford Hospital and the Western
Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, Inc. (WMLEC).[^6]

In accordance with the National Public Safety Plan, each region is
responsible for planning its use of public safety radio frequency
spectrum in the 821-824/866-869 MHz bands.[^7] The Region 19 Plan was
originally adopted by the Commission on April 26, 1990, and has been
amended several times in the last fifteen years.[^8]

On January 19, 2006, the Region 19 Plan Amendment was placed on *Public
Notice* for comment.[^9] We received no comments on the Plan Amendment.
We have reviewed the Plan Amendment submitted by Region 19, and
conclude, based on the information before us, that it complies with FCC
rules and policies. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and Section
1.102(b) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.102(b), the Region 19
(New England) 800 MHz Public Safety Plan Amendment is APPROVED.

This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections
0.131 and 0.331 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.

Action by the Chief, Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.

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[^1]: The Region 19 (New England) 800 MHz regional planning area
    consists of Connecticut (except Fairfield, Litchfield, New Haven and
    Middlesex counties), Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

[^2]: *See* Letter dated December 28, 2005, from George J. Pohorilak,
    Chairman, Region 19 New England Radio Planning Committee, to Marlene
    Dortch, FCC (submitting Amendment to Region 19 NPSPAC Plan) filed
    December 29, 2005 (Plan Amendment).

[^3]: Region 19 periodically opens filing windows. Requests for new or
    additional frequencies are accepted only during these windows.

[^4]: Region 8 (New York - Metropolitan) includes Fairfield County,
    Connecticut; Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens,
    Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester Counties, New York; and
    Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Union Counties,
    New Jersey.

[^5]: Region 30 (New York) includes all New York counties except the
    area in Region 8 (New York - Metropolitan).

[^6]: *See* Plan Amendment Attachment, *Amendment to the Regional Public
    Safety Plan, Docket 90-53, New England Area -- Region 19, Channel
    Allocation for Region 19 Window Eighteen.*

[^7]: *See* Development and Implementation of a Public Safety National
    Plan and Amendment to Part 90 to Establish Service Rules and
    Technical Standards for Use of the 821-824/766-869 MHz Bands by the
    Public Safety Services, *Report and Order,* Gen. Docket No. 87-112,
    3 FCC Rcd 905 (1987).

[^8]: The New England Area Public Safety Plan (Region 19) was revised by
    letter on July 17, 1992; Feb. 28, 1995, and Oct. 30, 1996, and
    amended by *Public Notice* on Mar. 21, 1997, *see* 1997 WL 126054
    (Mar. 21, 1997); Feb. 8, 1999, *see* 14 FCC Rcd 3336 (1999); Feb. 8,
    2000, *see* 15 FCC Rcd 15580 (2000); Sept. 28, 2000, *see* 15 FCC
    Rcd 19090 (2000); Jan. 16, 2001, *see* 16 FCC Rcd 824 (2001); Feb.
    7, 2002, *see* 17 FCC Rcd 2175 (2002); Feb. 27, 2003, *see* 18 FCC
    Rcd 2872 (2003); Feb. 16, 2005, *see* 20 FCC Rcd 3655 (2005); and
    Dec. 1, 2005, *see* 20 FCC Rcd 19320 (2005).

[^9]: *See* Comments Invited on New England Area (Region 19) Public
    Safety Plan Amendment, *Public Notice*, Gen. Docket No. 90-53, 21
    FCC Rcd 309 (WTB PSCID 2006). Comments were due February 21, 2006,
    and reply comments were due March 8, 2006.