• FCC Reaches $950K Settlement with Verizon Wireless [telecom]

    From Bill Horne@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 23 09:49:48 2022
    The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has entered into a historic Consent Decree following its investigation into whether Cellco Partnership d/b/a
    Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) failed to comply with the FCC’s environmental and historic preservation rules, including rules
    implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and
    the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), by constructing wireless facilities. Verizon has agreed to pay a $950,000 civil penalty.

    In reaching this settlement, Verizon Wireless has admitted that it
    violated the FCC’s environmental and preservation rules by constructing wireless facilities before completing the necessary historical or
    environmental reviews and without onsite monitoring requested by tribes.
    To ensure that it does not violate environmental and preservation rules
    in the future, Verizon Wireless has agreed to implement a compliance
    plan that involves creating operating procedures, distributing a
    compliance manual, and establishing a compliance training program.

    https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ba114f74-2f65-46f6-a60b-b33f1959f375

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