The proposal is to allow Bend Broadband to install fiber optic cable within existing utility rights of way. This would be accomplished in two ways: burying the cable along existing roads or installing the cable on existing utility poles.
Location
Portions of the Grassland between Redmond and Madras and Prineville and Madras.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
05/27/2011
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: 10/07/2011 |
| Forests | Ochoco National Forest |
| Districts | Crooked River Natl Grassland |
| Legal Land Description | T13S, R13E, Sec. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29; T12S, R13E, Sec. 29, 32 ; T13S, R14E, Sec. 3, 10, 15, 22, 23, 25; T12S, R14E, Sec. 7, 17, 20, 28, 33; T12S, R13E, Sec. 1; T 11S, R13E, Sec. 36 |