CTIA and PCIA jointly asked the FCC to implement a “deemed granted” rule
CTIA and PCIA jointly asked the FCC to implement a “deemed granted” rule requiring local jurisdictions to act on eligible facilities requests (EFRs) within 60 days as part of changes to wireless siting rules set for a vote at Friday’s…
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open meeting 1410060018. The FCC now requires action within 90 days. But the wireless associations said requirements in the 2012 spectrum law made a shorter time frame appropriate by mandating approval of Section 6409(a) EFR applications (http://bit.ly/ZY3SpP). “As a result of this action, local review can be completed in minutes versus months,” the groups said. When a local government receives a Section 6409(a) application, “it need only: Confirm that the application proposes to collocate new transmission equipment or replace existing transmission equipment, as defined by the Commission; Confirm that the application involves an existing wireless tower or base station, as defined by the Commission; and Confirm that the physical dimensions of the tower or base station would not substantially change, as defined by the Commission,” the groups said. The letter was posted Monday in docket 13-238.