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Commission's responsibilities. The FCC fails to support its decision to rely on its <br /> 1996 standards. <br /> When the FCC first addressed RF exposure standards, it did so in response <br /> to the Commission's obligations under NEPA. In 1985, the FCC recognized that it <br /> was "required to make a threshold determination as to whether the facilities it <br /> approves are 'major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human <br /> environment,' thus triggering environmental review, regardless of whether federal <br /> guidelines or standards currently exist for general public exposure to RF <br /> radiation.' 6 The Commission's duty under NEPA is to inform] As the FCC itself <br /> recognized, it could not authorize the use of the electromagnetic spectrum for <br /> wireless services without analyzing the environmental impacts. <br /> Congress gave the FCC additional duties in the TCA, including the <br /> responsibility to set standards adequate to protect the environment (including <br /> humans) from. radiofrequency emissions. The TCA limits state and local <br /> regulation of wireless service facilities to the extent they comply with FCC <br /> 6 FCC, In the Matter of Responsibility of the Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n to Consider <br /> Biological Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation When Authorizing the Use of <br /> Radiofrequency Devices. Potential Effects of A Reduction in the Allowable Level of <br /> Radiofrequency Radiation on FCC Authorized Commercial Services and <br /> Equipment, General Docket No. 79-144, Report and Order, 100 FCC 2d 543, 546 <br /> ( 8) ( 1985)(hereafter "1985 Order"). <br /> 7 As Petitioners explain, this duty to inform includes the responsibility to complete <br /> an Environmental Impact Statement to inform its rulemaking to set health <br /> standards for RF radiation. Pet. Br. at 76-78. <br /> 7 <br />