Case Study: Nationwide Tower Company achieves NEPA compliance for a proposed telecom tower with EBI Consulting

Nationwide Tower Company assesses 4 historic sites with EBI Consulting for a proposed macro tower

EBI Consulting was retained by Nationwide Tower Company to perform a full National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) assessment for a proposed telecommunications tower. The challenge arose when EBI's assessments identified four historic sites within the area of potential effect, creating a risk of visual impacts that required further investigation to assess the impact on the area's visual integrity.

The solution implemented by EBI utilized their in-house Geographic Information System (GIS) team and ESRI software to perform advanced spatial analysis. This created a digital model to determine the potential visibility of the tower from the historic features. EBI's efforts supported the applicant's due diligence by defining the regions that would be visually affected and modeling whether surrounding vegetation would mitigate those impacts, helping to confirm the project's feasibility.