National Trust for Historic Preservation Concerned About Future of Twilight Towers
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has continuing concerns over FCC-proposed program comments on twilight towers approved by commissioners in December, said Elizabeth Merritt, deputy general counsel, in docket 17-79, on meeting with Wireless Bureau staff. The FCC is examining…
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ways the towers could be made available for collocation of wireless facilities without additional historic review (see 1712140049). “The ‘uncertainty’ rationale for the proposed retroactive exemption was especially unpersuasive with respect to towers built between September 9, 2004 and March 7, 2005, because the FCC during that period had already formally adopted the final text of the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, even though it had not yet become effective, so there was no excuse,” Merritt said. Lack of a reporting mechanism “would make it extremely difficult for the FCC to monitor and ensure compliance with the safeguards outlined in the proposed program comment,” she said.