PUBLIC NOTICE
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  Released:  February 26, 1998                                                               DA # 98-225    

      WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT            
         PERIOD ON PETITION OF CITY OF REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS FOR             
                  RECONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION GRANTED TO 
                                     ADF COMMUNICATIONS, INC.                        



     On December 9, 1997, the City of Revere, Massachusetts (Revere), filed a letter (Revere
letter) opposing the November 19, 1997, grant of an authorization to ADF Communications, Inc.
(ADF) to operate on frequencies 470/473.8625 MHz in the Boston, Massachusetts area.  Public
notice of the grant of ADF's application to operate Station WPLQ317 on the requested
frequencies was given on November 25, 1997.      

     By this Public Notice, we announce our treatment of the Revere letter as a petition for
reconsideration of the November 19, 1997, action.  By way of background, on September 11,
1997, Revere filed a request for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to operate on the same
frequencies and in the same vicinity as those which were the subject of ADF's application granted
on November 19, 1997.  The Licensing and Technical Analysis Branch, Public Safety and Private
Wireless Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) granted the STA on
September 19, 1997.  Revere's STA is scheduled to expire on March 19, 1998.  Revere currently
employs these frequencies for public safety communications, including those related to emergency
police operations.  

     While we note that the Revere letter was not served on ADF, it nonetheless was submitted to
the Commission within 30 days of the Public Notice announcing grant of ADF's application.  In
light of the public safety purposes for which the frequencies are being used under the September
19, 1997, STA, we believe that the public interest would be best served by waiver of
Commission Rule 1.106(f), on our own motion, to treat the Revere letter as a petition for
reconsideration under Section 1.106 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.106.  As a result,
we hereby direct Revere to serve a copy of the Revere letter on ADF and file proof of such
service in accordance with Section 1.47(g) of the Commission's Rules within three business days
of the date of release of this Public Notice.    
        
     The full text of the Revere letter is available for viewing and copying in Room 239, 1919 M
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., or may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor,
ITS, Inc. (202) 857-3800 or (717) 337-1433.  Any oppositions to the Revere letter must be filed
by March 13, 1998.  Any replies must be filed by March 20, 1998.  All oppositions and replies
should be filed with the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M
Street, N.W., Room 222, Washington, D.C. 20554.  A copy of each filing should also be sent to
International Transcription Service, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20036, to Anne Marie Wypijewski, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 1270 Fairfield Road,
Gettysburg, Pa. 17325, and to the parties in this proceeding.  

     For further information, contact Anne Marie Wypijewski, Public Safety and Private Wireless
Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Gettysburg office, at 
(717) 338-2508 .

       By the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.