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IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 800 MHZ BAND. Addressed the Petitions for Reconsideration and Clarification in the 800 MHz proceeding. by 2nd Memorandum Opinion and Order. (Dkt No. 95-18, 00-258). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 05/24/2007 by MO&O. (FCC No. 07-102). PSHSB The Notice addresses various petitions for reconsideration and clarification of the Commission’s 800 MHz MO&O, previously unaddressed portions of a petition for reconsideration of the 800 MHz Report and Order and a petition for partial waiver of the rebanding rules Executive Summary · We affirm the eligibility criteria established in the 800 MHz MO&O for relocation to the ESMR band. · We clarify costs that must be paid by Sprint to non-ESMRs relocating to the ESMR band. · We deny MRA’s Petition for Partial Waiver of Rebanding Rules. · We clarify the procedures to be used in the event of a spectrum shortfall in the ESMR band. · We provide for the development of a revised band plan and timetable for the Puerto Rico market. · We address rebanding in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Gulf of Mexico. · We clarify the impact of the 800 MHz application freeze on modification applications. · We deny petitions to require Sprint to pay other licensees’ post-mediation litigation costs. · We define limits on Sprint operations in proximity to NPSPAC operations prior to the conclusion of rebanding. · We dismiss the Charles Guskey petition as repetitive and untimely. · We partially grant petitions to require Sprint to relocate BAS facilities associated with translator television stations or operated by full-power television stations on a short-term basis by permitting, but not requiring, Sprint to pay and claim credit for the costs incurred in relocating these BAS facilities. · We delegate specific authority to the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau to propose and adopt new 800 MHz band plan rules for U.S. primary spectrum in the Canadian and Mexican border regions once the relevant agreements with Canada and Mexico are finalized.