{"id":2457786,"date":"2020-04-28T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-city-council-passes-strict-rules-on-5g-technology\/"},"modified":"2020-04-28T22:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T04:56:00","slug":"aspen-city-council-passes-strict-rules-on-5g-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-city-council-passes-strict-rules-on-5g-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen City Council passes strict rules on 5G technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aspen City Council on Tuesday finalized strict rules on small-cell wireless infrastructure that supports 5G technology, including requiring carriers to provide annual reports that detail the radio frequency emissions from specific sites in order to determine potential health effects.<\/p>\n

Lawyers representing Verizon objected to that rule, arguing in a letter to council that it would be overstepping its authority, and requiring an electromagnetic emissions report is a violation of the federal Telecommunications Act.<\/p>\n

Ben Anderson, principal planner for the city\u2019s Community Development department, told council that understanding how these facilities operate and what potential health effects they may generate are crucial.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not simply trying to throw up bureaucratic obstacles at these facilities, we do feel this is very important information for the community to have about these facilities that are being installed in our town,\u201d he said, noting that generating emissions reports are expensive and that is one reason carriers are reluctant to provide them.<\/p>\n

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