On July 8, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to act on the CTIA’s request to block the FCC rules on emergency power of telecom sites (including cell sites).
From the order:
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge: Hurricane Katrina exposed several weaknesses in the Gulf Coast’s communications infrastructure, among which was the loss of power for [...]
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US Court of Appeals - No decision on FCC’s emergency power rules
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Birds/NEPA 1, FCC/CTIA 0
February 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Today, the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed an FCC order regarding tower siting as being in violation of the proper NEPA standard.
The case caption and introduction are below, followed by a PDF of the decision.
No. 06-1165
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY, INC.
AND FOREST CONSERVATION COUNCIL,
PETITIONERS
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION,
RESPONDENT
CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION, ET [...]