The USDA Forest Service (USFS) proposes to authorize RT Communications to occupy NFS land for the construction and maintenance of an additional 726 feet of fiber optic phone line to the Mush Creek Pumping Station.
Location
The proposed project is within the administrative boundary of the Thunder Basin National Grassland, Douglas Ranger District, approximately 20 miles southwest of Newcastle, Weston County, Wyoming.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
12/05/2013
2
Decision
08/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2014 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| RT Communications-Mush Creek Pumping Station Decision Memo | Decision Signed Date: 08/27/2014 |
| Forests | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest |
| Districts | Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T44N, R63W, section 15 SW¼. |