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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 March  8,  2005 
 NATIONWIDE  PROGRAMMATIC  AGREEMENT:  LEARNING  INTERACTIVE  UNIT  AVAILABLE  FOR  PUBLIC  USE  ON  COMMISSION’S  WEB  SITE 


 On  October  5,  2004,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (“  Commission”)  released  a  Report  and  Order  revising  its  rules  to  implement  the  Nationwide  Programmatic  Agreement  for  Review  of 
 Effects  on  Historic  Properties  for  Certain  Undertakings  Approved  by  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (“  Nationwide  Agreement”).  The  Nationwide  Agreement  will  tailor  and  streamline 
 procedures  for  review  of  certain  Commission  undertakings  for  communications  facilities  under  Section  106  of  the  National  Historic  Preservation  Act  of  1966  (“  NHPA”).  Electronic  versions  of  the  Report  and 
 Order,  the  Nationwide  Agreement  and  the  earlier  Nationwide  Agreement  for  the  Collocation  of  Wireless  Antennas  are  available  at  http://  wireless.  fcc.  gov/  siting/  npa/  npa.  html.  FCC  Form  620  (new  towers)  and 
 621  (collocations)  are  available  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  formpage.  html. 
 The  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  has  created  an  Interactive  Learning  Unit  (“  Learning  Unit”)  to  assist  all  interested  parties  in  their  use  and  understanding  of  the  Nationwide  Agreement.  The 


 Learning  Unit  can  be  accessed  at  http://  wireless.  fcc.  gov/  siting/  npa/  npa.  html. 
 The  Learning  Unit  provides:  (1)  a  section-  by-  section  review  of  the  Nationwide  Agreement;  (2)  links  to  the  Commission’s  environmental  regulations  as  well  as  the  relevant  regulations  of  other  federal 
 agencies,  including  those  of  the  Advisory  Council  for  Historic  Preservation  and  the  Council  of  Environmental  Quality;  (3)  links  to  historic  preservation  resources,  such  as  the  National  Conference  of 
 State  Historic  Preservation  Officers;  and  (4)  direct  links  to  FCC  Forms  620  and  621.  The  Learning  Unit  also  includes  “Question  and  Answers”  sections,  which  will  be  updated  periodically  as  questions  are  raised 
 by  the  public.  However,  such  guidance  does  not  amend  or  act  as  a  substitute  for  the  text  of  the  Nationwide  Agreement  or  the  Commission’s  rules.  The  guidance  also  does  not  amend  or  act  as  a 
 substitute  for  the  Advisory  Council  on  Historic  Preservation’s  rules  (except  to  the  extent  the  Nationwide  Agreement  itself  substitutes  for  those  rules). 


 General  or  specific  inquiries  about  the  Nationwide  Agreement  can  be  submitted  to  the  Commission  through  the  Learning  Unit  or  through  the  following  webpage: 
 http://  esupport.  fcc.  gov/  contactfcc/  npa/  submitquery.  jsp. 
 Media  Contact:  Lauren  Patrich  at  202-  418-  7944  or  lauren.  patrich@  fcc.  gov  WTB  Contact:  Dan  Abeyta  at  202-  418-  1538  or  dan.  abeyta@  fcc.  gov. 
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