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emission regulations. In restricting state and local authority to protect the public <br /> from radiofrequency emissions, Congress placed the responsibility to protect on <br /> the FCC. Congress further concentrated responsibility in the FCC by eliminating <br /> funding for EPA activities related to electro-magnetic fields (EMF).8 The Senate <br /> Report on EPA appropriations declares that "EPA should not engage in EMF <br /> activities."' <br /> Once entrusted with the authority to protect the public from RF emissions, <br /> the FCC had the responsibility to exercise that authority. The Commission has <br /> failed to do so. The FCC's December 4, 2019, order terminates the Commission's <br /> inquiry into the adequacy of its RF standards without making any change to limits <br /> that were set over twenty years ago. This action lacks the support in the record that <br /> the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requires. Without meaningful RF limits <br /> and an effective way to ensure that they are met, the FCC leaves the public without <br /> the protection or even the information that Congress required the FCC to provide. <br /> s Electromagnetic fields (EMF) refer to the complete electromagnetic spectrum, <br /> which includes radiofrequencies (RF) — a large band of EMF. See Figure 1, at 17. <br /> The EPA researched EMF effects in many ranges, including RF. <br /> 9 See Senate Report 104-140, supra at note 4 at 91 . <br /> 8 <br />