Decision Memo Completed

Hughes Power Line Project

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

Request from neighboring landowner to remove hazard trees that are on USFS lands that could hit a power line on his property.

Location

Approximately 6.5 roads miles southwest of the town of Encampment, Wyoming.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/08/2019
2
Decision
07/2019 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Hughes Power Line Decision MemoDecision Signed Date: 07/15/2019
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsBrush Creek/Hayden Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionN1/2,S32 T14N R84W,6th P.M.
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management