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requiring the project proponent to submit a preliminary report, prepared by an engineer, which <br /> quantifies the project's radiofrequency exposures and compares them to the adopted standards. <br /> Local agencies also may consider requiring the applicant to submit, following project installation, a <br /> subsequent field report, which would provide the project's cumulative field measurements of radio- <br /> frequency power densities, quantify total radiofrequency exposures, and compare those exposures <br /> with the accepted standards. The provision of such a report would verify compliance and reassure <br /> concerned individuals that installations are operating within the accepted operational safety <br /> standards. <br /> 4. Use the information contained in this paper (or more current information as it becomes <br /> available) to educate the public, as well as decision-making bodies, about health and safety <br /> issues associated with wireless communications facilities. <br /> Local governmental agencies should educate local citizens about health and safety issues associated <br /> with wireless communications facilities, to allay the public's fears about potential health effects <br /> related to EMFs and RFR. Education also should be provided to local decision-making bodies so <br /> that they can make informed decisions when reviewing local permits for these facilities. Agencies <br /> • may want to use the information in this report to develop a staff report or handout which explains <br /> the applicability of ANSI/MEE safety standards, demonstrates that typical wireless communications <br /> facilities comply with the accepted ANSI/MEE operational safety standards, and compares EMF <br /> and RFR emissions associated with wireless communications facilities to ordinary household <br /> appliances or to other types of technologies. <br /> S. Streamline the local permitting process by differentiating between minor and major projects, <br /> and by enabling a two-level processing of discretionary permit applications. <br /> Expediting the local permitting process is an important issue for both governmental agencies and <br /> wireless communications providers. With the impending advent of the PCS industry, and the <br /> replacement of analog with digital technology in the cellular industry(explained in Section II),local <br /> governments must be prepared to deal with a potentially significant number of future discretionary <br /> permit applications for wireless communications facilities. Processing these future applications <br /> efficiently will be a challenge for local agencies. As previously noted, the interest of the providers <br /> in the local permitting .process is driven by the competitive economic nature of the wireless <br /> communications industry. <br /> To facilitate the permitting process, local regulatory agencies should enable minor projects to be <br /> processed administratively, and major projects to be processed by public hearing. To be considered <br /> a minor project (and subject to administrative approval), a facility would have minimal visual <br /> impacts and be designed or located to be compatible with adjacent uses. One example of a minor <br /> project would be a facility in which antennas are mounted to an existing structure on the roof or <br /> building face, which is screened, constructed, or colored to match the existing structure to which it <br /> is attached. Another way in which to distinguish a minor project would be to limit the number, <br /> height and size of antennas, or the size and location of the accessory equipment building. <br /> S <br /> 7 <br />