[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR17.1]

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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 A_General Information
 
Sec. 17.1  Basis and purpose.




                      Subpart A_General Information

Sec.
17.1 Basis and purpose.
17.2 Definitions.
17.4 Antenna structure registration.
17.5 Commission consideration of applications for station authorization.
17.6 Responsibility of Commission licensees and permittees.

     Subpart B_Federal Aviation Administration Notification Criteria

17.7 Antenna structures requiring notification to the FAA.
17.8 Establishment of antenna farm areas.
17.9 Designated antenna farm areas.
17.10 Antenna structures over 304.80 meters (1,000 feet) in height.
17.14 Certain antenna structures exempt from notification to the FAA.
17.17 Existing structures.

Subpart C_Specifications for Obstruction Marking and Lighting of Antenna 
                               Structures

17.21 Painting and lighting, when required.
17.22 Particular specifications to be used.
17.23 Specifications for painting and lighting antenna structures.

              Aviation Red Obstruction Lighting [Reserved]

17.24-17.43 [Reserved]
17.45 Temporary warning lights.
17.47 Inspection of antenna structure lights and associated control 
          equipment.
17.48 Notification of extinguishment or improper functioning of lights.
17.49 Recording of antenna structure light inspections in the owner 
          record.
17.50 Cleaning and repainting.
17.51 Time when lights should be exhibited.

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17.53 Lighting equipment and paint.
17.54 Rated lamp voltage.
17.56 Maintenance of lighting equipment.
17.57 Report of radio transmitting antenna construction, alteration and/
          or removal.
17.58 Facilities to be located on land under the jurisdiction of the 
          U.S. Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management.

    Authority: Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 
154, 303. Interpret or apply secs. 301, 309, 48 Stat. 1081, 1085 as 
amended; 47 U.S.C. 301, 309.



    (a) The rules in this part are issued pursuant to the authority 
contained in Title III of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
which vest authority in the Federal Communications Commission to issue 
licenses to radio stations when it is found that the public interest, 
convenience, and necessity would be served thereby, and to require the 
painting, and/or illumination of antenna structures if and when in its 
judgment such structures constitute, or there is reasonable possibility 
that they may constitute, a menace to air navigation.
    (b) The purpose of this part is to prescribe certain procedures for 
antenna structure registration and standards with respect to the 
Commission's consideration of proposed antenna structures which will 
serve as a guide to antenna structure owners. The standards are 
referenced from two Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory 
Circulars.

[61 FR 4362, Feb. 6, 1996]