Section 8: Application Processing Shot Clocks
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FCC regulations impose Broadband Installation application processing shot clocks of 60 days for Network Nodes collocated on existing structures and 90 days for deployment on new structures. The Department's Utility Permitting process strives to streamline the application, review, and approval of a Utility Permit for a Network Node to meet the FCC's requirements.
A unique shot clock for a Utility Permit starts when the application for the Utility Permit is received by the Department through the UIR system.
The shot clock will stop upon submission from the Department through the UIR system of a request for additional information regarding a Utility Permit from the Installation Owner provided the Department sends its request for information within 10 days of Utility Permit submission. If the Department sends subsequent requests for information related to the initial request for information, the shot clock will not be tolled.
If the Installation Owner does not respond to a request for information within 30 days, the Department shall consider the Utility Permit withdrawn and will notify the Installation Owner.