Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act”.
Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act
A BILL
To provide that a project for the deployment or modification of a communications facility entirely within a brownfield site is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.
Sec. 2 Application of NEPA and NHPA to brownfields
NEPA exemption— A covered project shall not be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).
National Historic Preservation Act exemption— A covered project shall not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.
Definitions— In this section:
Commission— The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.
Communications facility— The term communications facility includes—
any wireless or wireline infrastructure for the transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds;
any transmitting device, tower, or support structure, and any equipment, switches, wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, associated with the provision of communications service; and
any antenna or apparatus that—
is designed for the purpose of emitting radio frequency;
is designed to be operated, or is operating, from a fixed location; and
is added to a tower, building, or other structure.
Communications service— The term communications service means a service for the transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds.
Covered project— The term covered project means a project—
for the deployment or modification of a communications facility that is to be carried out entirely within a brownfield site (as defined in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601)); and
for which a permit, license, or approval from the Commission is required or that is otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.