Decision Memo Completed

RT Communications-Mush Creek

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Weston, Wyoming Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District

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 Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
RT Communications-Mush Creek Pumping Station Decision MemoDecision Signed Date: 08/27/2014
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsDouglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT44N, R63W, section 15 SW¼.
Special use management