Decision Memo Completed

2015 USA Pro Cycling Challenge Race Special Use Authorization

Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands Chaffee; Grand; Lake; Larimer; Park; Pitkin; Routt; Summit, Colorado White River National Forest All Units

Classic Bicycle Racing LLC makes temporary use of NFS lands during 4 of the total 7 stages on four National Forests within Colorado for ancillary facilities such as staging areas with portable toilets, signs, barricades, message boards, and filming.

Location

Aug 18th: Steamboat Springs - Arapahoe Basin Aug 19th: Copper Mountain ski area - Aspen Aug 20th: Aspen - Breckenridge Aug 22nd: Loveland - Fort Collins

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/26/2015
2
Decision
08/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.12 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(8)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Decision Decided Date08/19/2015
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest; Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests; Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands; White River National Forest
DistrictsHahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District; Canyon Lakes Ranger District; Sulphur Ranger District; Leadville Ranger District; Salida Ranger District; South Park Ranger District; West Zone/Aspen Ranger District; West Zone/Sopris Ranger District; East Zone/Dillon Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Special use managementRecreation management