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f environmental assessment (EA) be filed with the FCC prior to beginning operations for any personal wireless service facility proposed in, or involving any of, the following: a) wilderness areas, b) wildlife preserves, c) endangered species habitat, d) historical site, e) Native American religious site, f) flood plain, g) wetlands, h) high intensity white lights in residential neighborhoods or i) excessive radiofrequency radiation exposure. At the time of application filing, an EA that meets FCC requirements shall be submitted to the Town for each personal wireless service facility site that requires such an EA to be submitted to the FCC. (3) Balloon or crane test. Within 30 days of the pre-application conference, or within 21 days of filing an application for a Special Permit, the applicant shall arrange for a balloon or crane test at the proposed site to illustrate the height of the proposed facility. The date, time and location of such test shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town at least 14 days, but not more than 21 days prior to the test. (4) Waiver of filing requirements. The Board may waive one or more of the application filing requirements of this section if it finds that such information is not needed for a thorough review of the proposed personal wireless service facility. J. Co-location. (1) Licensed carriers shall share personal wireless service facilities and sites where feasible and appropriate, thereby reducing the number of personal wireless service facilities that are stand-alone facilities. All applicants for a special permit for a personal wireless service facility shall demonstrate a good faith effort to co-locate with other carriers. Such good faith effort includes: (a) A survey of all existing structures that may be feasible sites for co-locating personal wireless service facilities; (b) Contact with all the other licensed carriers for commercial mobile radio services operating in Mashpee and each of the adjoining towns; and (c) Sharing information necessary to determine if co-location is feasible under the design configuration most accommodating to co-location.