FirstNet Sets Meetings on Environmental Impact of Network
FirstNet made public its draft programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) for the East region and plans a series of public meetings to receive comment, FirstNet said in Friday's Federal Register. The PEIS covers Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,…
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New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. “All comments received by the public and any interested stakeholders will be evaluated and considered by FirstNet during the preparation of the Final PEIS,” the authority said. “Once a PEIS is completed and a Record of Decision (ROD) is signed, FirstNet will evaluate site-specific documentation, as network design is developed, to determine if the proposed project has been adequately evaluated in the PEIS or warrants a Categorical Exclusion, an Environmental Assessment, or an Environmental Impact Statement.” Comments are due on the draft PEIS by July 6, and the public safety network plans meetings in each of the region's 13 states and the District of Columbia. The first meeting is 4 p.m. May 16 in Washington, at 200 I St. SE., first floor.