Submit Comments to the FCC — Preserve Local Control of Cell Towers/ Pennsylvania Win Heads to Supreme Court

Begin forwarded message:

From: Vicki Sievers <vickisievers911@gmail.com>

Subject: !! IMPT ACTIONS to save local control of cell towers/antennas

Date: November 16, 2025 at 00:01:06 PST

To: Vicki Sievers <victoriasievers@earthlink.net>

STOP COMPLETE FCC TAKEOVER OF WIRELESS DEPLOYMENT!

Big thanks for action you’ve already taken. 

If you have not yet acted, please do so right away. Submissions are imperative. So much is at stake, and the clock is ticking.

WHAT IS HAPPENING: FCC rulemaking (No. 25-276: “Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments”) seeks to render local governments powerless by removing regulations now in effect. The proposal allows  Big Telecom to install antennas anywhere they please. It wipes out ordinance protections (local zoning, setbacks) that citizens and cities achieved in Marin-Sonoma and elsewhere in 2018-19. It strips away any legal means of fighting back, and silences public input. Increased surveillance will usher in unprecedented loss of privacy.

ACTION STEPS

#1) Compose a brief (or any length) letter in a Word document (or by hand). Save it so you can file it with the FCC and send separate copies to elected officials. (You may want to convert it to a pdf.)

Type or write in email subject line: Re: WC Docket No. 25-276, Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployment.

In the body of the letter you might tell if you or persons you know have been injured or affected in any way by wireless deployments. Be factual, and include relevant resources if you can. Include any of the excellent CHD talking points offered below.* Also see three sample letters linked below; these are in Word format so that you may borrow, modify, personalize.

#2:  Submit or mail your letter to the FCC  Use FCC online docket or US Postal Service.

(Docket Proceeding now open: Submission deadline to be announced soon.) Choose ONE below:

    • Submit express filings to FCC docket:

Go to https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express. Under proceeding(s), enter 25-276 so that it populates.

Fill in your name, address, email, etc. (follow the prompts).

Note: Express filings do not separate paragraphs or preserve formatting. 

          • Submit standard filings to FCC docket:

Standard submission preferred when sending a letter.

Go to https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard. Under proceeding(s), enter 25-276 so that it populates.

Follow prompts. When asked what type of filing, choose: “Comment” …red means *required.

Submit your letter as a Word doc or pdf attachment and include any other attachments that support your letter.

• Submit via US Post Office:

Address letter to:

            Office of the Secretary Marlene Dortch

Federal Communications Commission

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554

#3) Send/mail your letter separately to the parties in your cc list. You will need their email/mailing addresses from their websites. What is the objective of these mailings? Your elected representatives should read what you—their constituent— has submitted to the Federal Communications Commission!🚩

Thank you for understanding how serious this is, and for putting fingertips to keyboard or pen to paper.

(If you’d like help with the FCC docket filing, specific line-by-line instructions are provided in the attached Alert! Stop 25-276 or please let me know and I’ll assist. vs)

*Talking points from CHD

 What the proposed rules mean for your community:

Silences your community’s voice. What the FCC calls “streamlining” is really shutting you out. Public hearings would disappear, conditional and special use permits would vanish, and elected officials would be powerless. Decisions about your residential streets, your schools, and your health & safety would be made by telecom companies driven by profit, not by your concerns expressed to your local leaders.

Imposes automatic tower approval after 150 days. The FCC calls local review “unreasonable delays.” If your city doesn’t rubber-stamp a tower application in time, it’s approved automatically — even if there is fierce local opposition. Your voices are silenced; your hands are tied.

Removes independent review. The FCC wants to bar localities from hiring their own experts to test radiation safety. Instead, the industry would police itself — and communities would be silenced.

Eliminates existing protections. The FCC wants to force towers in the middle of quiet residential streets including street lights in front of your homes, on playgrounds, over classrooms, scenic hilltops, pastoral farmland, and in historic districts — and your neighborhood will have no power to stop it.

🤔How important is it for you—an individual (or organization)—to take action?

**The National Call has issued: Alert Stop 25-276 The FCC Power Grab attached

**Environmental Health Sciences shouts: Tell Your Lawmakers: Protect Community Control For Cell Towers —File Comments on FCC Docket 25-276. See “letter writing campaign.” attached.

**Reinette Senum, fiery former mayor, former gubernatorial candidate, safe-tech activist, telecom-shenanigan expert and savvy substacker, calls this “the hill to die on,” and she is not kidding. https://reinette senum foghorn express.substack.com/p/the-hill-to-die-on-volume-3-silent

Pennsylvania Woman Scores Temporary Win Against Smart Meter Mandate

A Pennsylvania woman with a disability aggravated by wireless radiation from smart meters won a temporary court ruling allowing her to keep using a mechanical meter to avoid exposure. The judge also ordered her electric company to continue providing power to her home while her lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s smart meter mandate proceeds.

Full article:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pennsylvania-woman-scores-temporary-win-smart-meter-mandate/