Tribes Disagree on FCC Extension Request in Wireless Infrastructure Case
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit it shouldn’t delay the Feb. 25 deadline for the FCC to file a final brief in the tribal challenges to a March wireless…
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infrastructure order, in United Keetoowah Band v. FCC, No. 18-1129. Other tribes, the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers and the National Trust for Historic Preservation supported that argument (in Pacer). The FCC Wednesday asked for additional time citing the partial federal shutdown (see 1901230047). Other tribal interests led by the Blackfeet Tribe filed in support of the FCC (in Pacer): “The Blackfeet Petitioners themselves are enduring extreme hardships in the shutdown, with federal and tribal workers furloughed and services like healthcare, law enforcement, and schools closed and unavailable.”