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Conclusions: The Responsible Official did have sufficient <br /> information to analyze the proposal , and therefore the worst <br /> case analysis provision of -080 (3) was not applicable. <br /> Nonetheless, the Responsible Official did include a <br /> realistic worst cast scenario based on real , rather than <br /> imagined, effects. The worst-case analysis is to review the <br /> tower on the basis of the most intensive EMF that would be <br /> emitted from the tower. The City has assumed that the <br /> maximum amount of EMF would be to have all of the cellular <br /> channels operating at once (the Applicant indicates that <br /> this scenario is unlikely) . Even then, however, the <br /> resulting EMF level in this event would be substantially <br /> less than the ANSI/FCC standard. <br /> The Appellant asserts that the worst-case scenario is to <br /> assume that residents in the general vicinity of the <br /> cellular tower would be exposed to harmful levels of <br /> electromagnetic radiation, and that those residents would <br /> experience adverse health impacts as a direct result of such <br /> exposure. However, given the difficulty of calculating the <br /> nature and frequency of such effects, and the inconclusive <br /> nature of existing scientific studies, it would not be <br /> appropriate to make this assumption. <br /> There is sufficient information available to document the <br /> environmental impacts of the proposal. The findings and <br /> conclusions in Sections A and B of this decision demonstrate <br /> that sufficient information was available. A worst-case <br /> analysis has been conducted on the basis of the best <br /> available technical information. <br /> D. ISSUE - THE LEAD AGENCY FAILED TO CONSIDER THE PRECEDENT FOR <br /> FUTURE ACTIONS <br /> Findings: WAC 197-11-330( 3) (e) (IV) requires the Responsible <br /> Official to consider certain elements when making a <br /> threshold determination. In order to determine an impact's <br /> significance, the Responsible Official must take into <br /> account whether the threshold determination will establish a <br /> precedent for future actions with significant effects. <br /> Presumably, this means that all other structures that emit <br /> electromagnetic fields would be affected by the decision on <br /> the US West tower, because it would be an emitter of EMF. <br /> 6 <br />