American Towers LLC is proposing to construct a 160-ft AGL (165-ft w/ appurtenances) monopole telecommunications tower at 2255 12th Street SE, east of the City of St. Cloud, within the northwestern portion of the Haven Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota (Parcel ID: 25-006-4100).  The new tower structure will be an unlit structure and the tower facility will include a 100-ft x 100-ft lease area and associated easements, along with a 30ft buffer surrounding the lease area.  American Towers LLC seeks comments from all interested persons on any potential significant impact the proposed action could have on the quality of the human environment pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1307, including potential impacts to historic or cultural resources that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.  

Interested persons may review the project application pending with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at www.fcc.gov/asr/applications by entering Form 854 File No. A1046994. Interested persons may comment or raise environmental impact concerns about the proposed action by filing a Request for Environmental Review with the FCC. The FCC strongly encourages all interested parties to make such filings online, following the instructions found at www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest. Paper filings can be sent to: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554.  The Request must also be sent to American Towers LLC, by e-mailing a copy to enviro.services@americantower.com or mailing a copy to: American Tower, 10 Presidential Way, Woburn, MA 01801 ATTN: Environmental Compliance. Requests or comments should be limited to environmental and historic/cultural resource impact concerns, and must be received on or before 9/12/2016. This invitation to comment is separate from any local planning/zoning process that may apply to this project.

(Published in the Sherburne County Citizen: 08/13/16; 08/20/16; 08/27/16.)