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environment. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 limits local and state <br /> regulation of wireless services based on environmental effects. Congress <br /> concentrated authority to set RF standards applicable to construction of wireless <br /> infrastructure in the FCC. The FCC's failure to set adequate standards prevents <br /> local elected amici from delivering the protection they owe those who have elected <br /> them. <br /> STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO FILE AND AUTHORSHIP AND <br /> FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS <br /> All parties have consented to the filing of this brief. This brief was not <br /> authored in whole or part by counsel for a party. No party or counsel for a party, <br /> and no person other than the amici curiae or their counsel, contributed money <br /> intended to fund its preparation or submission. <br /> STATUTES AND REGULATIONS <br /> I. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) <br /> Signed into law in 1970 by President Nixon, NEPA is an action-forcing <br /> statute applicable to all federal agencies. Its commitment is to "prevent or <br /> eliminate damage to the environment . . . by focusing government and public <br /> attention on the environmental effects of proposed agency action." Marsh v. Or. <br /> Nat. Res. Council, 490 U.S. 360, 371 (1989) (internal quotations omitted). The <br /> statute requires "that the agency will inform the public that it has indeed <br />