Lerman Senter has helped American Tower Corporation obtain a novel waiver of FCC rules relating to tower lighting. Pursuant to the waiver, American Tower's obligation to conduct on-site inspections of the lighting control systems on 4,600 of its towers every three months was reduced to a yearly requirement. The waiver request emphasized that the high-tech tower monitoring equipment used by American Tower provides safety protections not contemplated when the rule was promulgated in 1943. Compliance with the quarterly inspection requirement was costing American Tower some $5 million annually. Click here to read the FCC's Memorandum Opinion and Order granting the waiver.
