Decision Memo Completed

Bend Broadband Underground Fiber Optic Line Installation

Deschutes National Forest Deschutes, Oregon Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District

Bend Broadband proposes to install 4,300 feet of a buried fiber optic line adjacent to Meadow Camp off Hwy 46. This line would be within the right-of-way.

Location

from Road 4600-115 to Hwy 46, then west along highway for about 2800 feet; then 4600-120 for 300 feet.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/26/2012
2
Comment Period
04/13/2012
3
Decision
06/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Bend Broadband Underground Fiber Optic Line InstallationDecision Signed Date: 06/04/2012 Legal Notice Date: 06/11/2012
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT18S., R.11E., Sections 14, 15, and 22
Heritage resource management