Decision Memo Completed

Midstate Telephone Company Fiber Optic Lines

Dakota Prairie Grasslands Billings, North Dakota Medora Ranger District

Midstate Telephone Company seeks to replace approximately 20,000 feet of fiber optic telephone line, buried on National Forest System land, to increase telecommunication capacity needed to serve local communities

Location

First location: Three miles south and three miles west of Fryburg, North Dakota. Second location: Eight miles west of Medora, North Dakota.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/01/2015
2
Comment Period
06/30/2015
3
Decision
09/2015 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Midstate Telephone Company Replacement of Fiber Optic Telephone LineDecision Signed Date: 09/14/2015
ForestsDakota Prairie Grasslands
DistrictsMedora Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 11, 12,and 14, T139N, R101, Billings County; and Section 29, T140N, R103W, Golden Valley County
Special use management