Bill > HR7378

This bill, known as the Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act, proposes that the deployment or modification of a communications facility entirely within a brownfields site (an area of land that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and is undergoing redevelopment) would be categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare environmental assessments or impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Additionally, such covered projects would not be considered "undertakings" subject to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), which typically triggers additional reviews. The purpose of this bill is to streamline the deployment of communications infrastructure, such as wireless towers and broadband networks, within these previously contaminated and now redeveloped brownfields sites.