Anyone seeking a right-of-way (ROW) on federal lands or waterways...
Anyone seeking a right-of-way (ROW) on federal lands or waterways can now go to an NTIA-managed website for information. Many federal agencies have jurisdiction over lands and waterways, and NTIA has sought to streamline ROW permitting. The site --…
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www.ntia.doc.gov/frowsite/index.html -- was announced Thurs. and described in an NTIA statement as part of President Bush’s effort to promote broadband. Administration officials Wed. listed federal ROW streamlining as one of several administration initiatives (CD July 29 p2). They cited an agreement to coordinate on ROW that NTIA crafted with federal agencies this spring. That NTIA effort was followed by a Presidential directive instructing agencies to comply. NTIA Dir. Michael Gallagher called the website “the first step in a government-wide effort to simplify and streamline rights-of-way processes at the federal, state and local level.” The NTIA initiative has focused on federal ROW. State and local organizations have expressed strong resistance at federal efforts to curtail local ROW authority. The site was one of the recommendations from the Federal Rights-of-Way working group, and a referral page from the FirstGov.gov site will be created, NTIA said.