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Streamlined tower-siting agreement skips tribal lands.(News)

RCR Wireless News, October, 2004

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Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER AND CRISTINA EICHNER Even as several entities signed a nationwide agreement meant to streamline tower sitings, tribal lands are exempt from the rules, thus leading some critics to say the pact isn't streamlined enough. The Federal Communications Commission, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers Oct.

4 signed the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement meant to streamline tower sitings. "This makes this all about tribal consultation because all of the streamlining efforts do not include the tribes,'' said John Clark, counsel for the Tower Siting Policy Alliance. "Tower owners and carriers will still need to consult with tribes on the visual...

 

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