Sec. 215. Reducing antiquated permitting for infrastructure deployment
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In this section: The term personal wireless service means— commercial mobile service (as defined in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 332(d) )); commercial mobile data service (as defined in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1401 )); unlicensed wireless service; and common carrier wireless exchange access service. The term personal wireless service facility means a facility for the provision of personal wireless service.
The term small personal wireless service facility — means a personal wireless service facility in which each antenna is not more than 3 cubic feet in volume; and does not include a wireline backhaul facility. The term wireline backhaul facility means an above-ground or underground wireline facility used to transport communications service or other electronic communications from a small personal wireless service facility or its adjacent network interface device to a communications network.
The deployment of a small personal wireless service facility shall not constitute an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code, or a major Federal action for the purposes of section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332 ). If a federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization is shown to have received a complete Form 620 or Form 621 (or any successor form), or can be reasonably expected to have received a complete Form 620 or Form 621 (or any successor form), and has not acted on a complete request contained in the form within 45 days after such receipt— the Commission and a court of competent jurisdiction (as the case may be) shall presume the applicant has made a good faith effort to provide the information reasonably necessary for federally recognized Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations to ascertain whether historic properties of religious and cultural significance to them may be affected by the undertaking; and the federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization (as the case may be) shall be presumed to have disclaimed interest in the application.
Federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization may overcome the presumption under paragraph
(1)upon favorably demonstrating one or more of the factors to be considered under subparagraph (B). The review by the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction under paragraph
(1)shall give substantial weight to— whether the applicant made a reasonable attempt to follow up with the federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization not earlier than 30 days, and not later than 50 days, after the applicant submitted a complete Form 620 or Form 621 (as the case may be) to the federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization; and whether the rules of the Commission and Form 620 or Form 621 is found to be in violation of a Nationwide Programmatic Agreement of the Commission.
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