Tribe Says Preserving Tower Construction Notification System Important
The FCC needs to preserve the Tower Construction Notification System (TCNS) for Indian tribes to register geographic areas of historic value, as the agency promotes 5G, said officials with the Kaw Nation of Oklahoma in a meeting with FCC Wireless…
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Bureau staff. “The Kaw representatives provided multiple positive examples of the TCNS program’s value to tribal nations and to the protection of priceless cultural and historic resources,” said a filing in docket 17-79. The Kaw Nation’s TCNS administrator “has been able to identify and flag a construction project that would adversely affect the Nation’s sacred ceremonial grounds. Working together with the tower construction company, the Kaw are providing alternative locations in the vicinity for the build-out.” CTIA reported on a call with Will Adams, aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr, also in docket 17-79. “CTIA encouraged the Commission to find ways to more effectively target the environmental and historic preservation review of infrastructure and to streamline and provide clarity regarding the historic preservation review process consistent with past comments,” CTIA said.