NATOA, Others Ask FCC to Rescind Compound Expansion Order
Localities and NATOA are seeking “reconsideration and rescission” of the FCC’s wireless infrastructure order, approved 3-2 in October (see 2010270043). The order addresses equipment compound expansions as part of collocations, clarifying that an infrastructure modification doesn’t cause a “substantial change”…
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if it entails excavation or deployments up to 30 feet outside macro tower compound boundaries. “No data or analysis is presented that applications falling outside of the prior … rules face significant delays or denial,” said the petition posted Tuesday in docket 19-250. “Nor is there any economic evidence to substantiate that the proposed change will speed deployment,” it said: “In contrast, communities have provided hundreds of pages of exhibits, including economic studies detailing the minor role local government fees and processes play" in "retarding wireless infrastructure deployment.” Boston; Portland, Oregon; Lincoln, Nebraska; Howard County, Maryland; and Clarke County, Nevada, were among signers, as were Michigan and Texas groups.