The FCC proposed a $234,000 fine against Johnson...
The FCC proposed a $234,000 fine against Johnson Towers for violations of lighting and registration rules involving three towers in Pinellas Park, Fla. In 2011, an Enforcement Bureau agent responding to an inquiry from the FAA found that one of…
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Johnson’s three towers had been dismantled, and none of them bore FAA required lighting. According to the notice of apparent liability, Johnson’s towers were so close together that only one of them was required to have lighting. The owner told the agent that one tower had been knocked down in 2006, and “rebuilding was unlikely.” Though the owner was told that the FAA and FCC needed to be updated about the destroyed tower, and that the remaining towers needed lighting, neither problem was fixed on subsequent inspections, said the NAL. After repeated calls and inspections, neither the lighting nor the registration issue had been fixed by Oct. 28, 2013, said the NAL. The FCC adjusted Johnson’s fine upward because of the repeated and “egregious” violations, the NAL said.