[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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.





    (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



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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]