Decision Memo Completed

Union Telephone Company New Facility Install-Buffalo Pass Communications Site

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Routt, Colorado Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District

Description : Union Telephone Company has proposed to install, operate, and maintain new facilities at the Buffalo Pass Communications Site including an 80-foot self-supporting lattice tower, an electronics and generator building, and a propane tank.

Location

Buffalo Pass Communications Site off National Forest System (NFS) Road 310.1A.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/26/2021
2
Decision
04/2022 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2022 (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
Union Telephone Company New Facility Install-Buffalo Pass Communications SiteDecision Signed Date: 04/05/2022
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsHahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Special use management