Bend Broadband proposes to install middle mile fiber infrastructure across a variety land boundaries (City, BLM, USFS lands). Line installation on cell towers and underground will occur in utilities right-of-ways to transmit high-speed internet.
Location
Bend, Oregon to La Pine with a secondary line through the community of Sunriver to the Spring River communication site
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
05/26/2011
2
Decision
10/2011 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2011 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (2), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(2) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Bend Broadband Fiber Optic Cable Installation Project | Decision Signed Date: 10/11/2011 |
| Forests | Deschutes National Forest |
| Districts | Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Bend to La Pine T18S, R11E, S 22, 28, 33; T19S, R11E, S 5, 8, 16, 17, 21, 26, 33; T20S, R11E, S 4, 5, 8, 17, 20, 29, 31 and Sunriver to Spring River T20S, R10E, S 1, 2, 11, 12; T20S, R11E, S 6 |