Telecommunications and Broadcast Towers

We have an unequalled breadth of experience and record of success before the FCC and other federal, state and local agencies for tower siting.  Our experience includes developing comprehensive compliance plans for clients, resolving complaints and compliance problems, and defending enforcement actions before the FCC and other agencies and in federal courts.  In many cases, our lawyers have helped these federal agencies develop the laws and regulations they now enforce.

Our experience includes this and more expertise for these unique siting issues:

• NEPA requirments
• Section 106 and historic preservation reviews
• Section 704 and preemption and preemption of unlawful local zoning actions
• Environmental Compliance Management Systems (CMS)
• Tribal consultation
• Land use, zoning and building access
• FCC licensing and registration issues
• Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance
• Migratory bird and eagle protection laws
• Construction site and power back-up issues under CERCLA, RCRA, EPCRA, CWA and CAA
• Wetlands, floodplains and Clean Water Act issues