NEWSReport No. DC 95-134   ACTION IN DOCKET CASE          November 28, 1995
     
FCC ADOPTS NEW ANTENNA STRUCTURE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND
          RULES TO GOVERN CONSTRUCTION, MARKING, AND LIGHTING 
                          (WT DOCKET NO. 95-5)

     The Commission has adopted a new streamlined procedure under which owners will
register radio antenna structures that require clearance by the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and special painting and lighting because of aviation safety concerns. 
In addition, the Commission has revised the painting and lighting requirements in Part 17 of
its rules to conform to the specifications set forth in two recent FAA Advisory Circulars on
the marking and lighting of towers. 

     By today's action, the Commission establishes a streamlined process under which each
antenna structure will be registered by its owner rather than by each individual licensee that
uses the structure.  The owner will be the single point of contact for resolving antenna-
related problems and the burdens previously associated with the antenna structure clearance
process will be substantially reduced both for the Commission and licensees.  Today's action
will increase the safety of air navigation by designating a single point of contact with whom
the FAA and the FCC may communicate when there are emergency situations or incidents of
non-compliance with the lighting and painting specifications for antenna structures.

     Under the Commission's new antenna clearance procedures, beginning July 1, 1996,
the Commission will require the owners of all proposed antenna structures requiring FAA
notification or of existing structures with alterations requiring FAA notification to register
such structures with the FCC prior to the proposed construction or alteration.  The
Commission will also establish a phased two-year window for registration of all existing
structures (i.e., all structures constructed prior to July 1, 1996) that require FAA
notification.  During the period between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 1998, the owners of all 
existing structures must register such structures with the FCC in accordance with the filing
windows set forth below.








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     Action by the Commission November 28, 1995, by Report and Order (FCC 95-473). 
Chairman Hundt and Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong.

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