Decision Memo Completed

Range Telephone Cooperative Maintenance and Installation

Black Hills National Forest Crook, Wyoming Bearlodge Ranger District

Maintenance and installation of fiber optic cable under existing special use permit. New installation lines will be amended to the existing permit.

Location

New installation line is located within the road right-of-way corridor on Elk Ridge Road. Existing line replacement is located within the road right-of-way corridor on Miller Creek Road.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/05/2018
2
Decision
07/2018 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (2), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(2)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Range Telephone Cooperative Maintenance and InstallationDecision Signed Date: 07/05/2018
ForestsBlack Hills National Forest
DistrictsBearlodge Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT51N R63W Section 9 SW 1/4 NW 1/4, T51N R64W Section 1 NE 1/4 SW 1/4
Special use management