FCC Should Consider Energy Companies' Request for Relief, EWA Says
The Enterprise Wireless Alliance said the FCC should reconsider a decision rejecting a request to allow the processing of applications proposing the assignment of spectrum from Maritime Communications/Land Mobile (MCLM) to companies that plan to use it in support of…
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critical oil and gas and electric utility operations. The FCC was right to approve processing of an application for the assignment of spectrum from MCLM to Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) for use in Positive Train Control, EWA said. “Critical health and safety aspects of oil, gas and electric utility company operations amply justify comparable relief,” said the filing posted by the FCC Wednesday in docket 13-85. “As with SCRRA, their ‘business needs’ are inextricably intertwined with their ability to deliver these vital services safely, efficiently, and in compliance with the multitude of public safety-related Federal mandates to which they are subject.”