Decision Memo Completed

Use of National Forest System Road 1240.C for Access to Private Property

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

Special use authorization for year-round private use for a 20-year term of an approximate 500-foot segment of existing National Forest System Road 1240.C which is not open to motorized public use.

Location

Thunder Basin National Grassland approximately 17 miles southwest of Newcastle, WY on the south side of Highway 450.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/10/2017
2
Decision
02/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
02/2017 (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
Use of National Forest System Road 1240.C for Access to Private PropertyDecision Signed Date: 02/21/2017
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsDouglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSection 24 T44N R64W, 6th P.M.
Special use management