National Park Service officials in Washington have been silent on retaining a Trump administration policy not to seek public involvement on proposals to locate cell towers in the National Park System or to provide other pertinent information surrounding the towers.
According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the policy change also repeals “requirements that applicants make available information about signal coverage or strength or conduct balloon tests to assess visual impacts of new towers; allow modifications, including expansion, of existing permits without public notice or environmental review; and block the public from appealing right of way approvals for cell towers or other facilities.”
