FCC
January 25, 2021
Dear FCC Oversight Committee,
This correspondence is to apprise you of the improper dealings of the FCC in relation to the SpaceX Colburn Gateway Backhaul Site in Bonner County Idaho.
Eight SpaceX Starlink ground antenna globes were approved, on a temporary testing basis, by the FCC in 2020, for the SpaceX Colburn Gateway. Instead nine antenna globes were installed on the site. Most importantly the application which was used to get those globes approved was falsified using outdated census records. SpaceX led the FCC to believe that the area was sparsely populated. However, there are many more people that live in this historic residential farming community.
The time allotted for this temporary permit by the FCC has expired, and we have every reason to believe that the SpaceX Backhaul site is still operating without proper application from the FCC. SpaceX Starlink is currently going through the Beta Testing process, against the will of many living in close proximity to it, including farmers, bee keepers, and those who moved to the area, assured that they would have a rural, natural environment to raise their children.
The nine SpaceX Starlink ground antennas placed in Selle Valley are in violation of:
" the Bonner County Comprehensive Plan and the completed work of the Selle Samuels area committee, for a rural farming community;
" the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), because SpaceX is operating on a non-evidence-basis;
" and in violation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act (TCA) because the FCC failed, as required by the TCA, to consider the impact of its decision on public health and safety.
The FCC has been referencing antiquated wireless radiation limits, even when the science has been directly pointed out to them. Utility consumers, in each state, have paid into their utility company's fund for decades for promised wired internet services. There has been a bait and switch, from wired to wireless internet services and this is a disgrace that needs to be rectified. We demand safe wired technology. Furthermore, we insist on an immediate removal of the SpaceX Colburn Gateway Backhaul Site.
Sincerely,
President
SAVE SELLE VALLEY
1/25/2021
Dear FCC,
Utility consumers, in each state, have paid into their utility company’s fund for decades for promised wired internet services. There has been a bait and switch, from wired to wireless internet services. This is appalling and it needs to be rectified.
We do not approve of the FCC gifting taxpayer dollars to wealthy wireless companies, i.e. $885 million to SpaceX in 2020. We do not approve of paying for technology that science shows to be harmful to health and the environment. We demand safe and secure wired technology that we were promised and what we paid for.
We support the Environmental Health Trust (EHT) that insists that the FCC must not ignore the science or ignore the people. EHT scientists and scientific advisors regularly publish research on the effects of radio-frequency radiation in peer reviewed journals. See a short list of their published works on the next page.
Sincerely,
President
SAVE SELLE VALLEY
PEER REVIEWED SCIENCE
Devra L Davis , Aaron M. Pilarcik and Anthony B. Miller, Increased Generational Risk of Colon and Rectal Cancer in Recent Birth Cohorts under Age 40 – the Hypothetical Role of Radiofrequency Radiation from Cell Phones, Annals of Gastroenterology and Digestive Disorders PDF
Halgamuge MN, Skafidas E, Davis D. A meta-analysis of in vitro exposures to weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phones (1990–2015). Environ Res. 2020;184:109227. doi:10.1016/J.ENVRES.2020.109227
Halgamuge MN, Davis D. Lessons learned from the application of machine learning to studies on plant response to radio-frequency. Environ Res. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.108634
Miller, A., Sears, M., Morgan, L., Davis, D., Hardell, L., Oremus, M., & Soskolne, C. (2019). Risks to Health and Well-Being From Radio-Frequency Radiation Emitted by Cell Phones and Other Wireless Devices. Frontiers In Public Health, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00223
Clegg, F., Sears, M., Friesen, M., Scarato, T., Metzinger, R., & Russell, C. et al. (2020). Building science and radiofrequency radiation: What makes smart and healthy buildings. Building And Environment, 176, 106324 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106324
Matus Durdik, Pavol Kosik, Eva Markova, Alexandra Somsedikova, Beata Gajdosechova, Ekaterina Nikitina, Eva Horvathova, Katarina Kozics, Devra Davis & Igor Belyaev Microwaves from mobile phone induce reactive oxygen species but not DNA damage, preleukemic fusion genes and apoptosis in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Sci Rep 9, 16182 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52389
Devra Davis, Anthony B. Miller, Iris Udasin, Ronald Melnick.“Wireless Radiation and Health.” Environmental Research, Special Issue (2018).
Anthony B. Miller, L. Lloyd Morgan, Iris Udasin, Devra Lee Davis, Cancer epidemiology update, following the 2011 IARC evaluation of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (Monograph 102), Environmental Research, Volume 167, 2018, Pages 673-683, ISSN 0013-9351
Fernández, A.A. de Salles, M.E. Sears, R.D. Morris, D.L. Davis, Absorption of wireless radiation in the child versus adult brain and eye from cell phone conversation or virtual reality, Environmental Research, 2018, ISSN 0013-9351
Gamze Altun, Ömür Gülsüm Deniz, Kıymet Kübra Yurt, Devra Davis, Süleyman Kaplan, Effects of mobile phone exposure on metabolomics in the male and female reproductive systems, Environmental Research, 2018, ISSN 0013-9351
Ahmad Yahyazadeh, Ömür Gülsüm Deniz, Arife Ahsen Kaplan, Gamze Altun, Kıymet Kübra Yurt, Devra Davis, The genomic effects of cell phone exposure on the reproductive system, Environmental Research, 2018, ISSN 0013-9351
Gandhi, O. P. (2019). Microwave Emissions From Cell Phones Exceed Safety Limits in Europe and the US When Touching the Body. IEEE Access, 7, 47050-47052. doi:10.1109/access.2019.2906017
ID Congressional Officials and Telecom Committee Members
Idaho Congressional Officers:
Rep. Russ Fulcher1520 Longworth HOB
1520 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515
202 225-6611
Rep. Mike Simpson
2084 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
202 225-5531
Sen. Mike Crapo
239 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6142
Contact: www.crapo.senate.gov/contact
Sen. Jim Risch (R - ID)
483 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2752
Contact: www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
Federal House Telecom Committee:
Frank Pallone, Jr.
2107 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4671
Fax: (202) 225-9665
New Jersey ~ 06
Chairman
Michael F. Doyle
270 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2135
Fax: (202) 225-3084
Pennsylvania ~ 18
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS
Jerry McNerney
2265 Rayburn House Office Bldg., Washington,DC 20515
(202) 225-1947
Fax: (202) 225-4060
California ~ 09
Yvette D. Clarke
2058 Rayburn House Office Bldg., Washington,DC 20515
(202) 225-6231
Fax: (202) 226-0112
New York ~ 09
David Loebsack
Iowa ~ 02
Marc A. Veasey
2348 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-9897
Fax: (202) 225-9702
Texas ~ 33
A. Donald McEachin
314 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202)-225-6365
Fax: 202-226-1170
Virginia ~ 04
Darren Soto
2353 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-9889
Fax: (202) 225-9742
Florida ~ 09
Tom O'Halleran
318 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3361
Arizona ~ 01
Anna G. Eshoo
202 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-8104
Fax: (202) 225-8890
California ~ 18
Diana DeGette
2111 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4431
Fax:(202) 225-5657
Colorado ~ 01
G. K. Butterfield
2080 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3101
North Carolina 01
Doris O. Matsui
2311 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-7163
Fax: (202) 225-0566
California ~ 06
Vice Chair
Peter Welch
2187 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4115
Vermont ~ 00
Ben Ray Luján
New Mexico ~ 03
Kurt Schrader
2431 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5711
Fax: (202) 225-5699
Oregon ~ 05
Tony Cárdenas
2438 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6131
Fax: (202) 225-0819
California ~ 29
Debbie Dingell
Cannon House Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4071
Fax:(202) 226-0371
Michigan ~ 12
RANKING MEMBER
Robert E. Latta
2467 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6405
Fax: (202) 225-1985
Ohio ~ 05
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS
John Shimkus
Illinois ~ 15
Steve Scalise
2049 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3015
Louisiana ~ 01
Pete Olson
Texas ~ 22
Adam Kinzinger
Illinois ~ 16
Gus M. Bilirakis
2354 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
202-225-5755
Florida ~ 12
Bill Johnson
2336 Rayburn HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5705
Fax: (202) 225-5907
Ohio ~ 06
Billy Long
2454 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6536
Fax: (202) 225-5604
Missouri ~ 07
Bill Flores
Texas ~ 17
Susan W. Brooks
Indiana ~ 05
Tim Walberg
2266 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6276
Fax: (202) 225-6281
Michigan ~ 07
Greg Gianforte
Montana ~ 00
EX-OFFICIO
Greg Walden
Oregon ~ 02
Senate Telecom Committee
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. – Chairman
United States Senate SD-511 Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2321
Fax: (202) 228-5429
Sen. Brian Schatz D-HI – Ranking Member
722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-3934
Fax: (202) 228-1153
Minority:
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
260 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5721
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas
(202) 224-5922
127A Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20510
Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.
454 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-6551
Fax: (202) 228-1325
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.
Dirksen Senate Office Building - Room 521, Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6521
Fax: (202) 228-6966
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska
302 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3004
Fax: (202) 224-6501
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.
357 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3344
Contact: www.blackburn.senate.gov/email-me
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.
172 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6472
Contact: www.capito.senate.gov/contact/contact-shelley
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah
361A Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5444
Contact: www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
328 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5323
Contact: www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-the-sena...
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind.
185 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5623
Contact: www.young.senate.gov/contact
Phone: (202) 224-5623
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.
716 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5274
Majority:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
425 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3244
Contact: www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
706 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2823
Contact: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/
Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass.
255 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2742
Contact: www.markey.senate.gov/contact
Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M.
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich.
724 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6221
Contact: www.peters.senate.gov/contact/email-gary
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.
709 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5653
Contact: www.baldwin.senate.gov/feedback
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
524 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2854
Contact: www.duckworth.senate.gov/content/contact-senator
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
311 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2644
Contact: www.tester.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.
317 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-4521
Contact: www.sinema.senate.gov/contact-kyrsten
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.
144 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6244
Contact: www.rosen.senate.gov/contact_jacky