The FCC should...
The FCC should exempt wayside poles and similar facilities from review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) as railroads build out congressionally mandated positive train control (PTC) networks, the Association of American Railroads said in a…
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filing at the commission. “The AAR’s member railroads urgently need to install wayside communications poles on the railroads’ rights of way to test and implement this nationwide interoperable safety technology,” the group said (http://bit.ly/19AoXn9). “Because of their small size, minimal area of direct and indirect impact, and location along previously disturbed industrial rail corridors, the potential effects of PTC and similar wayside poles on historic properties are foreseeable and minimal or not adverse.” PCIA said the FCC should request a broad program comment from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on the PTC buildouts rather than requiring individual site review. “Absent adoption of a Program Comment, the rail industry and its partners may be unable to implement PTC by the December 31, 2015 deadline mandated by Congress,” PCIA said (http://bit.ly/1amUAVA).