Workshop on Environmental Compliance and Historic Preservation Review Procedures

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will host a workshop on the environmental compliance and historic preservation review process required for the construction of communications facilities supporting FCC licensed services. The workshop will include information relevant to the construction of new communications towers and the collocation of communications equipment on existing towers and other structures, including requirements for Antenna Structure Registration.

At the workshop, FCC and other federal agency subject-matter experts will provide information on a range of topics related to the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and the FCC’s implementing regulations and related agreements. FCC applicants (including licensees and registrants), those who construct or manage communications facilities for FCC licensees, environmental consultants, State Historic Preservation Office staff, Tribal Historic Preservation Office staff, and federal agencies that fund or permit wireless facilities are encouraged to attend. Topics may include: an overview of the FCC environmental and historic preservation rules and procedures; coordination with Tribes during the NHPA process; compliance with the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act; and presentations and discussion with other federal agencies including the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Council on Environmental Quality, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agenda for the workshop will be posted prior to the event at
http://www.fcc.gov/FCCenvironmentalworkshop2023/

This workshop is open to the public. The workshop is scheduled to be held in a hybrid format to give attendees the option of participating either in-person or virtually. Participants must pre-register to attend in person and to receive a link to the live streamed event by submitting the participant’s name, affiliation, and whether the participant intends to attend in-person or virtually in an email to FCCenvironmentalworkshop@fcc.gov no later than October 25, 2023.