RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION CALCULATION: THIS RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION STUDY IS BEING CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS PROPOSAL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OET BULLETIN NUMBER 65, DATED AUGUST 1997, REGARDING HUMAN EXPOSURE TO RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION IN THE VICINITY OF BROADCAST TOWERS. THIS STUDY CONSIDERS ALL NEARBY CONTRIBUTING STATIONS AND UTILIZES THE APPROPRIATE FORMULAS CONTAINED IN THE OET BULLETIN. THE 24-BAY ANDREW ALP-24L3-HOSC ANTENNA SYSTEM WILL BE MOUNTED WITH ITS CENTER OF RADIATION 114 METERS ABOVE THE GROUND AND WILL OPERATE WITH AN EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER OF 91 KILOWATTS IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE. AT AN AZIMUTH OF -90 DEGREES (AT THE TOWER BASE) THIS ANTENNA DELIVERS LESS THAN 0.1 RELATIVE FIELD. AT TWO METERS, THE HEIGHT OF AN AVERAGE PERSON, ABOVE THE GROUND AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER, THIS PROPOSAL WILL CONTRIBUTE 2.3394 MICROWATTS/SQ. CENTIMETER OR 0.5049% OF THE ALLOWABLE ANSI LIMIT. SINCE THIS LEVEL IS BELOW THE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION OF 100% DEFINED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED BULLETIN, THIS PROPOSAL IS BELIEVED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OET BULLETIN NUMBER 65 AS IS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. ALL CALCULATIONS WERE MADE IN THE UNCONTROLLED MODE. FURTHER, THE APPLICANT WILL POST WARNING SIGNS IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWER WARNING OF POTENTIAL RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION HAZARDS AT THE SITE. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT WILL REDUCE THE POWER OF THE PROPOSED FACILITY OR CEASE OPERATION, AS NECESSARY, TO PROTECT PERSONS HAVING ACCESS TO THE SITE, TOWER OR ANTENNA FROM RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION IN EXCESS OF FCC GUIDELINES. ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT: THIS ANTENNA IS MOUNTED ON AN EXISTING TOWER (ANTENNA STRUCTURE REGISTRATION NUMBER 1025900) THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1989. THIS STRUCTURE IS GRANDFATHERED UNDER THE NATIONWIDE PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT SINCE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BEFORE MARCH 16, 2001. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION OR ENHANCEMENT TO THE TOWER. NO GROUND WILL BE DISTURBED BY THIS PROPOSAL AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EQUIPMENT SHELTERS. THEREFORE IT IS BELIEVED THIS PROPOSAL IS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONWIDE PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT AND NHPA SECTION 106.