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B-330041 1 (2018-05-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadurg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-330041 May 17, 2018 The Honorable John Thune Chairman The Honorable Bill Nelson Ranking Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Greg Walden Chairman The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Federal Communications Commission: Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission (the Commission) entitled Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment (FCC 18-30). We received the rule on April 6, 2018. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on May 3, 2018. 83 Fed. Reg. 19,440. The rule is effective July 2, 2018. The final rule makes a threshold legal determination that the deployment of small wireless facilities by non-federal entities is neither an undertaking within the meaning of the National Historic Preservation Act nor a major federal action under the National Environmental Protection Act. Although the rule clarifies that the deployment of small wireless facilities on non- tribal lands will not be subject to certain federal historic preservation and environmental review obligations, the rule leaves undisturbed its existing requirement that the construction and deployment of larger wireless facilities, including those deployments that are regulated in accordance with the Commission's antenna structure registration system or subject to site-by- site licensing, must continue to comply with those environmental and historic preservation review obligations. The rule also amends the process for tribal participation in historic preservation reviews for large wireless facilities where such reviews are still required; removes the requirement that applicants file Environmental Assessments solely due to the location of a proposed facility in a floodplain, as long as certain conditions are met; and establishes timeframes for the Commission to act on Environmental Assessments. Enclosed is our assessment of the Commission's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801 (a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review of the

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