[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR17.17]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 17--CONSTRUCTION, MARKING, AND LIGHTING OF ANTENNA STRUCTURES--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--Federal Aviation Administration Notification Criteria
 
Sec. 17.17  Existing structures.

    (a) The requirements found in Sec. 17.23 relating to painting and 
lighting of antenna structures shall not apply to those structures 
authorized prior to July 1, 1996. Previously authorized structures may 
retain their present painting and lighting specifications, so long as 
the overall structure height or site coordinates do not change.

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TheAntenna Structure Registration requirements found in Sec. 17.5, 
however, shall apply to all antenna structures that have been assigned 
painting or lighting requirements by the Commission, regardless of prior 
authorization.
    (b) No change in any of these criteria or relocation of airports 
shall at any time impose a new restriction upon any then existing or 
authorized antenna structure or structures.

[32 FR 11269, Aug. 3, 1967, as amended at 61 FR 4363, Feb. 6, 1996]