The FCC has adopted new procedures for providing public notice
of towers that require Antenna Structure Registrations (ASRs). The
new rules will become effective upon approval by the Office of
Management and Budget and publication of a Public Notice in the
Federal Register, which has not yet occurred. The FCC was ordered
to revise its ASR procedures because of a U.S. Courts of Appeals
decision finding that the construction of communications towers
could have a significant environmental effect on migratory
birds.
The FCC's new notice requirements will apply to all
structures that require notice to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and registration with the FCC, including
towers more than 200 feet in height, structures located on the
grounds of an airport, and towers between 20-200 feet in height
that exceed an imaginary 100:1 slope around an airport runway.
These notice requirements will apply to such towers throughout the
nation regardless of the geographic
