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The National Environment and
Planning Agency, NEPA, wishes to respond to a statement attributed
to the Secretary Manager of the St. James Parish Council, Winston
Palmer, as carried in the 9, March, 2009 edition of the Jamaica
Observer newspaper. Under the headline, ‘Claro in hot waters over
cell towers’, Mr. Palmer is quoted as saying that Claro ‘might
have received planning approval from the National Environment and
Planning Agency (NEPA).’ We take the opportunity to remind the
public that NEPA does not grant planning approval for
the erection of cell towers. Rather, it is the Town and Country
Planning Authority, TCPA, which approves such applications.
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