From: Leon Jackler To: Mate, Nakul Cc: Kari Hicks; Garnet Hanly; Belinda Nixon; Amy Brett; Donald Johnson; William Holloway; Eli Johnson Subject: Verizon -- Section 106 Emergency Authorization Date: Friday, September 18, 2020 7:12:47 AM   The request from Verizon Wireless for Emergency Authorization for standard Section 106 review to proceed, dated September 11, 2020 and posted September 14, 2020, for TCNS#s 199770, 200790, 202221, 216210, 198611, 198612, 198686, 198606, 204417, 198691, 199701, 204898, 210191, 200767, 198785, 215003, and 208659 are granted via this email.   On June 25, 2020, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued a Public Notice announcing an electronic process for FCC licensees to apply for emergency authorization to resume standard historic preservation review for qualifying critical infrastructure projects during this COVID-19 crisis.  See Section 106 Emergency Authorizations During Covid-19, Public Notice, 35 FCC Rcd 6517 (WTB 2020).  Verizon Wireless requested an emergency authorization [click here to view request] under this process based upon one of the criteria set forth in the Public Notice   network congestion due to COVID-19 effects.   Standard Section 106 review will proceed for these projects in accordance with the procedures established in the Second Report and Order, notwithstanding State or Tribal Historic Preservation Office closures.  See Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, Second Report and Order, 33 FCC Rcd 3102, 3151, para. 111 (2018) (Second Report and Order), remanded in part sub nom., United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians v. FCC, 933 F.3d 728 (D.C. Cir. 2019).  This authorization only applies to the extent that the Tribal offices cited in the request remain closed.      Leon J. Jackler Senior Counsel, Competition and Infrastructure Policy Division Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Federal Communications Commission 202-418-0946 leon.jackler@fcc.gov