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Report on the National Antenna Tower Policy Review
Full Document for Printing, PDF Format, 676 KB
Submitted December 6, 2004
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Section A - Executive Summary
Background
Six Policy Questions
Data Collection
Principal Recommendations
Section B - The National Antenna Tower Policy Review
Introduction
The Townsend Report
Antenna Siting Revisited, 1997
The Dobell Report
National Antenna Tower Policy Review
Six questions for policy review
Data Collection
Data from Electronic Sources
Written Submissions
Data from In-person and Telephone Interviews
Section C - Overview of Antenna Siting
Adverse Environmental Effects
Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields
Consultation with Land-Use Authorities
Consultations for Type 1 radio stations
Consultations for Type 2 radio stations
Consultations for Cellular/PCS service providers
Consultations for Broadcasting Undertakings
Marking and Lighting of Towers for Aeronautical Purposes
Section D - The Six Policy Questions
Question 1(a)
Legislative Authority over Consultations
Recommendation 1
Role for Community Groups and Concerned Citizens
Recommendation 2
Policy Framework for Consultation Requirements
Recommendation 3
Classification of Radio Stations as Type 1 or Type 2
Recommendation 4
Policy Trigger for Mandatory Consultations
Recommendation 5
Consultation Issues and Accommodations
Recommendation 6
Criteria for Determining Local "Concurrence"
Recommendation 7
Policy Framework for Dispute Resolution
Recommendation 8
Consultation Document for Land-use Authorities and the Public
Recommendation 9
Industry Canada’s Role in Local Consultations
Recommendation 10
Local Consultations and Antenna Site/Tower Sharing
Recommendation 11
Information about Compliance and Sanctions
Recommendation 12
Information on Obligations to Abate Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Recommendation 13
Swamping and Immunity Determinations Involving Broadcasters
Recommendation 14
Preliminary Environmental Assessments
Recommendation 15
Towers and Bird Collisions
Recommendation 16
Question 1(b)
Current Time Frames
Opinions About the Appropriateness of Current Time Frames
Recommendations about Appropriate Time Frames
Recommendation 17
Recommendation 18
Recommendation 19
Question 2
Information Related to the Consultation
Information Relevant to Potential Local Impact
Other Information Requirements
Necessity for particular antenna infrastructure
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) questions
Questions related to
Safety Code 6
(RF exposure)
Recommendation 20
Recommendation 21
Recommendation 22
Recommendation 23
Questions about aeronautical marking and lighting
Recommendation 24
Questions about impact upon property values
Question 3
An Overview of Safety Code 6
Industry Canada and the Implementation of SC 6
Means Available to Radio Users to Ensure Compliance with SC 6
Means Available to Land-Use Authorities and Citizens
Question 4
Canada’s History with Negotiated Protocols
Implications of Local Protocols for the Planning and Siting of Antenna Structures, Visual (Impact) Guidelines and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
Planning and siting of antenna structures
Visual (impact) guidelines
Dispute resolution mechanisms
Recommendation 25
Recommendation 26
Recommendation 27
Question 5
Sharing of Supporting Structures
Recommendation 28
Site Sharing
Recommendation 29
Recommendation 30
Recommendation 31
Recommendation 32
Sharing Networks
Recommendation 33
Question 6
Opinions and Evidence Offered by Participants to Policy Review
Discussion of the Opinions and Evidence
Antenna Towers and Property Assessment Value
Evidence of Antenna Towers’ Impact upon House Sales Transactions
Recommendation 34
Section E - Conclusion
Section F - Appendices
Appendix A - User Opinions from the Online Discussion Forums
Appendix B - Analysis of the Closed-ended Questions from the Data Obtained from the E-townhall Web site
Appendix C - Analysis of the Open-ended Questions from the Data Obtained from the E-townhall Web site
Appendix D - New Maryland Tower Site Investigation
Appendix E - Municipal Antenna Protocols
Appendix F - Comparative Regulatory Material: Antenna Siting in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America
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Created: 2002-07-18
Updated: 2005-03-17
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