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Section 4: Safety Guidelines and Warranty Information
116 4A: Safety
14. Does the FCC maintain a database that includes information on
the location and technical parameters of all the transmitting
towers it regulates?
Each of the FCC Bureaus maintains its own licensing database system for
the service(s) it regulates (e.g., television, cellular service, satellite earth
stations.) The FCC issues two types of licenses: site specific and market
based. In the case of site specific licensed facilities, technical operating
information is collected from the licensee as part of the licensing process.
However, in the case of market based licensing (e.g., PCS, cellular), the
licensee is granted the authority to operate a radio communications
system in a geographic area using as many facilities as are required, and
the licensee is not required to provide the FCC with specific location and
operating parameters of these facilities.
Information on site specific licensed facilities can be found in the
"General Menu Reports" (GenMen) at
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/genmen/index.hts
.
The various FCC Bureaus also publish on at least a weekly basis, bulk
extracts of their licensing databases. Each licensing database has its own
unique file structure. These extracts consist of multiple, very large files.
The FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) maintains an
index to these databases at
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/database/
fadb.html
. Entry points into the various databases include frequency,
state/county, latitude/longitude, call-sign and licensee name. For further
information on the Commission's existing databases, you can contact
Donald Campbell at dcampbel@fcc.gov or 202-418-2405.
15. Can local and state governmental bodies establish limits for RF
exposure?
Although some local and state governments have enacted rules and
regulations about human exposure to RF energy in the past, the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the Federal Government to
control human exposure to RF emissions. In particular, Section 704 of
the Act states that, "No State or local government or instrumentality
thereof may regulate the placement, construction, and modification of
personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental
effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent that such facilities
comply with the Commission's regulations concerning such emissions."
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