The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft for comment of a proposed alternative process for Native American tribes to review positive train control (PTC) antennas. The alternate process should streamline approvals of the 22,000 antennas still needed on United States railroads for PTC implementation. Tribal sovereignty among the 565 federally-recognized tribes grants them the right to review FCC-regulated towers. According to the FCC, the alternative process is "intended to create an efficient, practical and timely review process that ensures full consideration of the effects of PTC wayside poles on historic properties, including sites of religious and cultural significance to Tribal Nations, in a manner that allows the railroads to complete construction by the congressional deadline."
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