Decision Memo Completed

Union Telephone Co. Buried Fiber Optic Line

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Carbon, Wyoming Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District

Union Telephone Co. to install below-ground fiber optic cable to provide high-speed data communications to support broadband network and communications for emergency services in rural areas, traveling public, and properties along the route.

Location

To be located completely within existing road rights-of-way: Highway 130 (Snowy Range Road), NFSR 210, and NFSR 232.1A.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/24/2018
2
Decision
11/2018 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
01/2019 (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
Union Telephone Co. Buried Fiber Optic LineDecision Signed Date: 11/16/2018
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 7, 17, 18, 20, 28 and 29, T. 16 N., R. 81 W., 6th P.M., Carbon County, Wyoming.
Special use management