The FCC has not changed its policies on consulting with the Fish ...
The FCC has not changed its policies on consulting with the Fish and Wildlife Service since a February order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit told the FCC to explain why it did not review…
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fully the environmental impact of 6,000 Gulf Coast communications towers before granting them licenses, a Wireless Bureau official told an FCBA lunch Tuesday. The court ordered the agency to explain its failure to consult the Fish and Wildlife Service on the towers’ environmental impact and to “provide notice of pending tower applications.” The FCC is deciding whether to appeal the decision, said Jeff Steinberg of the FCC Wireless Bureau. The FCC consults with Fish & Wildlife case by case, he said. “The court did talk in terms of us working in more of a programmatic consultation with Fish and Wildlife and that’s one of the things we need to work through,” Steinberg said. “I can’t really tell you at this point where it’s going to go.” The agency likely will be done this year with an online electronic registration system for towers, addressing another court demand.