Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill Requiring Marking Of Temporary Towers

[Plutonic Panda]

Wow.... I thought this was already a law. Just another law that enacted because someone had to get hurt.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Governor Mary Fallin has signed a bill that will require the marking and registration of temporary meteorological towers in Oklahoma.
The governor signed House Bill 3348 into law on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The law gives the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission the authority to require marking and registering any tower used for anemometers that is 50 feet or taller.

The new law grants the commission the authority to determine the best method for making anemometer towers more visible. The Federal Aviation Administration already requires towers that are 200 feet or taller to be marked, but there's no federal requirement for towers that are shorter than that.

The towers are also known as Meteorological Evaluation Towers or METs for short. Most of them are used by energy companies to determine the feasibility of building windmill farms.

The governor had vetoed a similar bill -- Senate Bill 1195 -- in April, because it would have enacted criminal penalties for violations.

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[MustangGT]

That's why the FAA is nicknamed the "Tombstone Agency". They do not mandate action until there is a sufficient number of tombstones to warrant regulations. There are many other agencies with the same attitude.