FCC issues Final Rule Regarding Acceleration of Broadband Deployment by Improving Wireless Facilities Siting Policies (January 8, 2015)

As stated in the Final Rule published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2015, the “Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules to update and tailor the manner in which it evaluates the impact of proposed deployments of wireless infrastructure on the environment and historic properties. The Commission also adopts rules to clarify and implement statutory requirements applicable to State and local governments in their review of wireless infrastructure siting applications, and it adopts an exemption from its environmental public notification process for towers that are in place for only short periods of time. Taken together, these steps will reduce the cost and delays associated with facility siting and construction, and thereby facilitate the delivery of more wireless capacity in more locations to consumers throughout the United States.”

FCC Guidance on Intepretation of Section 6409(a)

THE FCC's WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU OFFERS GUIDANCE ON INTERPRETATION OF SECTION 6409(a) OF THE MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2012 (January 25, 2013).

Section 6409 (Wireless Facilities Deployment) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, signed on February 22, 2012.

SEC. 6409. WIRELESS FACILITIES DEPLOYMENT.
(a) FACILITY MODIFICATIONS.

Legislation introduced in Minnesota to allow variances when the applicant establishes that there are practical difficulties in complying with the zoning ordinance.

A bill has been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature that will allow variances when the applicant establishes that there are practical difficulties in complying with the zoning ordinance https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0013.0.html&session=ls87