Stack 1220017 — Norwalk, CT

At 110 m, structure 1220017 is about twice the 56 m average across the 81 structures registered in Fairfield County. It is about 85% above the Connecticut average of 59 m across 672 registrations. Among the 89 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (STACK), the average overall height is 112 m, so this one is roughly in line with that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 3 m, which puts the top of the structure 113 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Norwalk in Fairfield County, Connecticut, at coordinates 41.07258, -73.41150, with the site address filed as "NRG Smokestack in Norwalk, CT". Fairfield County has 81 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 4th-largest count among the 8 Connecticut counties with registrations, and 62 of them are marked constructed. Connecticut as a whole has 672 registrations, the 45th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Huntington, NY · 1269695, a stack at 189 m (constructed).

Granted means the FCC has issued the registration, but the record does not yet carry the owner's notice that construction was completed. The FCC issued registration 1220017 on Nov 22, 2000. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 59 in Connecticut.

The FCC record lists NRG ComLease LLC of Sewickley, PA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0006149363.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 99-ANE-0737-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1J, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 7, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style E". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 4, 8, 13.