Just to set the stage, the public safety licensee that this story concerns is licensed for 224 NPSPAC and 185 interleaved 800 MHz channels. We trust that they are using all of them. They were, however, experiencing a dead coverage area and asked to license two (2) additional 800 MHz channels. The public safety frequency advisory committee, who processed this application initially said that there were no public safety channels available and filed for two (2) channels reserved for SMRs. EWA always checks these assessments as until the 800 MHz sharing rules are liberalized to promote access equity, licensees should stay in their own lane if they can. Upon review, EWA identified several NPSPAC and two business industrial channels that would be there for the taking at the sites needed without a lot of paperwork. But no, the justification to access the SMR channels was changed to the channels EWA identified would not adapt to the applicant’s legacy system requirements. Let me be clear, EWA is fine with this public safety agency accessing unencumbered SMR channels (and B/ILT for that matter). If they have been available for thirty years, who are we to say we want to save them until an SMR shows up. The FCC put this entire matter out on public notice for comment at which time EWA brought to the FCC’s attention that in accordance with WTB licensing policies, a business enterprise licensee would need a waiver of the rules to secure access within an alternate pool based on simply wanting to accommodate system technicalities. Not so in the PSHSB where a waiver is not necessary under the same circumstances. We did not oppose the applicants request to access the SMR channels, we only asked in our comments that the FCC apply the same policies regardless of whether the licensee is a public safety, or not a public safety entity. It’s a legitimate request and EWA has the obligation to make it on behalf of 800 MHz business enterprises.