Federal Communications Commission DA 15-6
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Acceleration of Broadband Deployment by 
Improving Wireless Facilities Siting Policies
Acceleration of Broadband Deployment: 
Expanding the Reach and Reducing the Cost of 
Broadband Deployment by Improving Policies 
Regarding Public Rights of Way and Wireless 
Facilities Siting
2012 Biennial Review of
Telecommunications Regulations
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WT Docket No. 13-238
WC Docket No. 11-59
WT Docket No. 13-32
ERRATUM
Released: January 5, 2015
By the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
On October 21, 2014, the Commission released a Report and Order, FCC 14-153, in the above-
captioned proceeding.  This Erratum amends the Report and Order as indicated below:
1. In paragraph 25, replace “as codified in Note 1 and 4 of Section 1.1306 of our rules” with “as 
codified in Section 1.1306(c) and Note 1 of our rules.”
2. In footnote 35, replace “47 C.F.R. § 1.1306 Note 1, Note 4” with “47 C.F.R. § 1.1306(c) &
Note 1.”
3. In paragraph 61, replace “which we incorporate into our rules as Note 4 to Section 1.1306”
with “which we incorporate into our rules as Section 1.1306(c).”
4. In paragraph 68, replace “as Notes 1 and 4 make clear” with “as Note 1 and Section 1.1306(c)
make clear.”
5. In paragraph 69, replace “Note 4 categorical exclusion” with “Section 1.1306(c) categorical 
exclusion.”
This Erratum also amends Appendix B of the Report and Order as indicated below:
6. Paragraph 2 is corrected to read as follows:
Section 1.1306 is amended by adding paragraph (c) and revising the first sentence of Note 1 to read as 
follows:
§ 1.1306  Actions which are categorically excluded from environmental processing.
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(c)(1)  Unless § 1.1307(a)(4) is applicable, the provisions of § 1.1307(a) requiring the preparation 
of EAs do not encompass the construction of wireless facilities, including deployments on new or 
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replacement poles, if:  
(i) The facilities will be located in a right-of-way that is designated by a Federal, State, 
local, or Tribal government for communications towers, above-ground utility 
transmission or distribution lines, or any associated structures and equipment; 
(ii) The right-of-way is in active use for such designated purposes; and 
(iii) The facilities would not 
(A) Increase the height of the tower or non-tower structure by more than 10% or 
twenty feet, whichever is greater, over existing support structures that are 
located in the right-of-way within the vicinity of the proposed construction;
(B) Involve the installation of more than four new equipment cabinets or more 
than one new equipment shelter; 
(C) Add an appurtenance to the body of the structure that would protrude from 
the edge of the structure more than twenty feet, or more than the width of the 
structure at the level of the appurtenance, whichever is greater (except that the 
deployment may exceed this size limit if necessary to shelter the antenna from 
inclement weather or to connect the antenna to the tower via cable); or 
(D) Involve excavation outside the current site, defined as the area that is within 
the boundaries of the leased or owned property surrounding the deployment or 
that is in proximity to the structure and within the boundaries of the utility 
easement on which the facility is to be deployed, whichever is more restrictive.  
(2)  Such wireless facilities are subject to § 1.1307(b) and require EAs if their construction would 
result in human exposure to radiofrequency radiation in excess of the applicable health and safety 
guidelines cited in § 1.1307(b).  
Note 1:  The provisions of § 1.1307(a) requiring the preparation of EAs do not encompass the 
mounting of antenna(s) and associated equipment (such as wiring, cabling, cabinets, or backup-
power), on or in an existing building, or on an antenna tower or other man-made structure, unless 
§ 1.1307(a)(4) is applicable.  * * *
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Section 1.1307 is amended by redesignating paragraph (a)(4) as (a)(4)(i), and by adding new paragraph 
(a)(4)(ii) and a Note to paragraph (a)(4)(ii) to read as follows:
§ 1.1307  Actions that may have a significant environmental effect, for which Environmental 
Assessments (EAs) must be prepared.
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(ii) The requirements in paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section do not apply to: 
(A) The mounting of antennas (including associated equipment such as wiring, 
cabling, cabinets, or backup-power) on existing utility structures (including 
utility poles and electric transmission towers in active use by a “utility” as 
defined in Section 224 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 224, but not 
including light poles, lamp posts, and other structures whose primary purpose is 
to provide public lighting) where the deployment meets the following conditions: 
(1) All antennas that are part of the deployment fit within enclosures (or if 
the antennas are exposed, within imaginary enclosures) that are individually 
no more than three cubic feet in volume, and all antennas on the structure, 
including any pre-existing antennas on the structure, fit within enclosures (or 
if the antennas are exposed, within imaginary enclosures) that total no more 
than six cubic feet in volume; 
(2) All other wireless equipment associated with the structure, including pre-
existing enclosures and including equipment on the ground associated with 
antennas on the structure, are cumulatively no more than seventeen cubic feet 
in volume, exclusive of
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(i) Vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other services; 
(ii)  Ancillary equipment installed by other entities that is outside of the 
applicant’s ownership or control, and 
(iii) Comparable equipment from pre-existing wireless deployments on 
the structure; 
(3) The deployment will involve no new ground disturbance; and 
(4) The deployment would otherwise require the preparation of an EA under 
paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section solely because of the age of the structure; 
or 
(B) The mounting of antennas (including associated equipment such as wiring, 
cabling, cabinets, or backup-power) on buildings or other non-tower structures 
where the deployment meets the following conditions: 
(1) There is an existing antenna on the building or structure; 
(2) One of the following criteria is met:  
(i) Non-Visible Antennas.  The new antenna is not visible from any 
adjacent streets or surrounding public spaces and is added in the same 
vicinity as a pre-existing antenna;
(ii) Visible Replacement Antennas.  The new antenna is visible from 
adjacent streets or surrounding public spaces, provided that 
(A) It is a replacement for a pre-existing antenna, 
(B) The new antenna will be located in the same vicinity as the pre-
existing antenna, 
(C) The new antenna will be visible only from adjacent streets and 
surrounding public spaces that also afford views of the pre-existing 
antenna, 
(D) The new antenna is not more than 3 feet larger in height or width 
(including all protuberances) than the pre-existing antenna, and 
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(E) No new equipment cabinets are visible from the adjacent streets 
or surrounding public spaces; or 
(iii) Other Visible Antennas.  The new antenna is visible from adjacent 
streets or surrounding public spaces, provided that 
(A) It is located in the same vicinity as a pre-existing antenna, 
(B) The new antenna will be visible only from adjacent streets and 
surrounding public spaces that also afford views of the pre-
existing antenna, 
(C) The pre-existing antenna was not deployed pursuant to the 
exclusion in this subsection (§1.1307(a)(4)(ii)(B)(2)(iii)), 
(D) The new antenna is not more than three feet larger in height or 
width (including all protuberances) than the pre-existing antenna, 
and 
(E) No new equipment cabinets are visible from the adjacent streets 
or surrounding public spaces;  
(3) The new antenna complies with all zoning conditions and historic 
preservation conditions applicable to existing antennas in the same vicinity 
that directly mitigate or prevent effects, such as camouflage or concealment 
requirements;  
(4) The deployment of the new antenna involves no new ground disturbance; 
and
(5) The deployment would otherwise require the preparation of an EA under 
paragraph (a)(4) of this section solely because of the age of the structure.  
Note to paragraph (a)(4)(ii):  A non-visible new antenna is in the “same vicinity” as a pre-existing 
antenna if it will be collocated on the same rooftop, façade or other surface.  A visible new 
antenna is in the “same vicinity” as a pre-existing antenna if it is on the same rooftop, façade, or 
other surface and the centerpoint of the new antenna is within ten feet of the centerpoint of the 
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pre-existing antenna.  A deployment causes no new ground disturbance when the depth and width 
of previous disturbance exceeds the proposed construction depth and width by at least two feet.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Roger C. Sherman
Chief
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau