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Committee holds NOAA lease for telecommunications tower at Nazareth for further review
Summary
A proposed 20‑year lease allowing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to use a portion of an existing telecommunications tower in Nazareth, St. Thomas drew procedural approval to hold the measure for further review. The lease would charge NOAA $100 per month and requires NOAA to obtain necessary permits and zoning approvals.
The Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance on April 15 voted to hold for further review a proposed lease that would allow the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to mount equipment on a telecommunications tower at Parcel R‑22, Tract 1, Estate Nazareth No. 1, Red Hook Quarter, St. Thomas.
Sponsor and purpose: Senator Milton E. Potter, presenting the bill on behalf of the governor, described the agreement as a territorial benefit for weather and emergency broadcast communications. The lease authorizes NOAA to use a portion of an existing telecommunication tower “for transmission and reception of weather broadcast communications…
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