FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 5, Pages 3728 to 4696, April 9 - April 27, 2012 Page: 4,078
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4 PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission News Media Information 20214184-0500
445 12"' St., S.W. Internet: http:/www.fcc.gov
Washington, D.C. 20554 TTY: 1488-8355322
DA 12-602
Released: April 17, 2012
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON
PETITION FOR WAIVER OF RULES FILED BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND REQUESTING
PERMISSION TO OPERATE AIR-TO-GROUND RADIO EQUIPMENT ON 700 MHZ
SECONDARY TRUNKING CHANNELS
RM-1 1433
COMMENTS BUE: April 27, 2012
REPLY COMMENTS DUE: May 2, 2012
By this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) seeks comment
on a petition for waiver of the Commission's rules' filed by the State of Maryland (Maryland) requesting
authorization to use 700 MHz band secondary trunking channels for air-to-ground interoperable radio
communications.
Specifically, Maryland seeks to use 700 MHz band secondary trunking channels for air-to-ground
interoperable communications in conjunction with its Maryland First Responders Interoperable Radio
System Team (Maryland FiRST) system and its Maryland State Police-Maryland Institute for Emergency
Medical Services Systems (MSP-MIEMSS) emergency medical system.2 Maryland states that all of its
police vehicles are migrating to the Maryland FiRST system, a statewide inter-governmental 700 MHz
public safety network. Noting the important role that Maryland State Police (MSP) helicopters serve in
saving lives, Maryland states that first responder aircraft communications systems must migrate to the
700 MHz band to participate in Maryland FiRST.4
However, Maryland states that "aircraft employing low-power radios operating on state 700 MHz
frequencies would likely interfere with adjoining state operations," and that this interference is
particularly likely with respect to the Commonwealth of Virginia, "which makes extensive use of the 700
MHz state frequencies for low-power digital vehicular repeater (DVRS) use."' As an alternative to 700
MHz State License channels, Maryland seeks use of the 700 MHz secondary trunking channels for air-to-
'Petition for Waiver of Rules, State of Maryland, RM-11433 (filed Feb. 24, 2012) (Maryland Petition). Because
Maryland's petition raises similar issues to the pending petition for rulemaking (RM-11433) previously filed by the
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC), we are incorporating the waiver request into that
proceeding. See Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on NPSTC's Petition for
Rulemaking to Allow Aircraft Voice Operations on Secondary Trunking Channels in the 700 MHz Band, Public
Notice, DA-1 1-1146 (Jun. 30, 2011). Maryland filed comments in response to the NPSTC petition for rulemaking,
which remains pending.
2 Maryland Petition at 5.
3 Id at 7.
4Id.
5 Id. at 3.4078
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