NOAA is waiting for guidance from Bush Administration before eith...
NOAA is waiting for guidance from Bush Administration before either finalizing or scrapping proposal to raise fees for fiber projects crossing national marine sanctuaries, agency staffer said. Agency’s National Ocean Service earlier this year sought comment on draft recommendation…
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to sell 25-year cable permits in protected areas for an up-front $120,000 per mile of right-of-way (RoW) fee. It also sought comment on MIT White Paper that said proposed RoW fee assessment, which is supposed to be based on fair market value of land, “is more likely to be too low than too high.” NOAA never acted on petitions to extend Jan. 18 comment deadline and must delay action further since White House position on issue is “unclear,” aide said. Spokesman for TELROW Coalition, group of energy and telecom interests, said this and other govt. agency proposals (CD April 19 p4) to raise RoW fees for access to public lands would hinder efforts to deploy broadband fiber and other communications infrastructure.