Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174:reg:10:p55
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10 (pt 55/99)
Character Range: 496084–499100

visual impact on the community and surrounds.

     3.             Electromagnetic Energy (EME) Standard – all telecommunication facilities must comply with current industry standards in respect to EME emissions and their impact on surrounding land uses.

     4.             Ameliorative Actions – Wherever possible, sites should be either screened from the most prominent views or have a backdrop of trees, buildings or high ground. Ideally sites should have both a well‑screened foreground and background keeping to a minimum the height of mast and antenna exposed to view. Where parts of an antenna or mast are exposed, they are to be finished in a colour that is not highly reflective and that minimises their intrusiveness.

     5.             Decommissioning and Restoration – When a facility is no longer required, or is to be superseded by a replacement facility, the facility is to be removed from a site within a period of three months and the site is to be left in a condition satisfactory to the National Capital Authority.  A site remediation plan may be required to ensure that the site is restored appropriately.

Rollout of Cable
     1.             Method of rollout dependent on site sensitivity – For any proposal to rollout telecommunications cable, the method of rollout should be considered in relation to the sensitivity of the site. Underground cabling is the preferred method given the importance of Designated Areas.

     2.             Co‑location to minimise impacts – For any proposal to rollout telecommunications cables in areas where an existing public utility is in place, the method of rollout should be considered in relation to the existing utility infrastructure. In new subdivisions, or areas where underground infrastructure already exists, the rollout of telecommunications cable should be co‑located with existing cable or undertaken in a similar manner.

     3.             Avoiding duplication – As far as practicable and where the technology permits, cable rollout should be carried out in a coordinated fashion to avoid duplication. A proliferation of overhead telecommunications cables should be avoided in situations where a single cable is capable of delivering the proposed telecommunications service. In cases where more than one cable is proposed, carriers should demonstrate that the use of a single cable is not practical for technical, environmental or economic reasons.

Large scale facilities
     1.             Large‑scale facilities, such as towers and masts will only be approved where no other alternative exists and where the proposal does not create any significant disruption to the visual environment.

     2.             No additional towers and masts will be approved on Red Hill, Mount Mugga, Black Mountain, Isaacs Ridge, Mount Pleasant or Mount Ainslie which:

       * break the natural skyline

       * significantly impact on the side slopes.

(This does not preclude the use of existing masts and towers subject to a detailed assessment