OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
Novanber 20, 2009
The Honorable Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
u.s. House of Representatives
2442 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington D.C. 20515
Dear Congressman Frelinghuysen:
Thank you for your letter on behalf of Morris County, New Jersey, regarding the
County's application for authority to operate a public safety paging facility on frequency
476.2875 MHz. Because the Commission has allocated this frequency for commercial use, the
County submitted a waiver request with its application to enable it to use the frequency for
public safety purposes.
I am pleased to inform you that the Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau released an Order on October 8,2009, granting the applications and waiver request. In
reaching this decision, the Bureau determined that grant of the waiver will provide the County
with access to additional UHF spectrum in order to promote effective public safety
communications without compromising radio operations of other licensees. I am enclosing a
copy of that Order for your information.
I appreciate your bringing this important matter to my attention. Please let me know if
you have any further questions.
Julius Genachowski
Chairman
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