Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
March 10, 2010
DA 10-402
James Gangl
St. Louis County Public Health and Human Services
320 W. 2nd St., Room 605
Duluth, MN  55802-9985
Dear Mr. Gangl:   
This letter grants your request, dated February 18, 2010, on behalf of the St. Louis County Public 
Health and Human Services (the County) for a waiver to permit certain Amateur Radio Service licensees 
who are County employees to transmit communications on behalf of their employer during an upcoming 
government emergency drill.  
In your request, you state that the County will be holding a disaster preparedness drill on April 
19, 2010 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.  You indicate that this exercise will test emergency 
communications, particularly amateur radio, in the event of a chemical spill in the St. Louis River.  The 
drill will be held in Duluth, Minnesota.
Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 97.113(a)(3), prohibits amateur 
licensees from transmitting communications in which they have a pecuniary interest, including 
communications on behalf of an employer.  You therefore request a waiver of this rule to permit the 
following County employees to transmit communications on behalf of their employer in connection with 
these exercises:  James Gangl, KC0WDR; Grant Forsyth, KC0WUP; Dave Glesener, AC0EP; Kathleen 
Pettit, KC0YVM; Mark Snyder, AC0LE; John Lindquist, KC0WCV; Gary Collyard, KC0WCY; Carol 
Saranpaa, KC0WCT; Mark Nelson, KC0WUN; Nancy Christensen, KC0YVI; Keith Granholm, 
KD0EGN; and Michelle MacDonald, KC0WCU.
Section 1.3 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, provides that the Commission may 
waive its rules if good cause for waiver is shown.  We conclude that grant of the waiver request is 
appropriate under the circumstances presented.  The public interest in facilitating the April 19 public 
safety exercise by permitting the specified amateur licensees to participate warrants this limited waiver of 
Section 97.113(a)(3).  This waiver grant permits transmission of communications by the above-listed 
amateur employees on behalf of their employer during the April 19, 2010 exercise, and immediately prior 
to the exercise for the purpose of operational testing of equipment.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the waiver request of the St. Louis County Public Health and 
Human Services, dated February 18, 2010, IS GRANTED.
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.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau