Issue a 20-year Special Use Permit to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to install a Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) site. The SNOTEL will occupy approximately 0.4 acres with an additional buffer zone of 400 feet.
Location
Approximately 25 miles southwest of Quilcene, WA, on an old logging spur road near the Mt. Ellinor Upper trailhead.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
09/01/2016
2
Decision
05/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Mt. Ellinor NRCS SNOTEL Site | Decision Signed Date: 05/16/2017 |
| Forests | Olympic National Forest |
| Districts | Hood Canal Ranger District / Quilcene |
| Legal Land Description | T23N, R4W, Sec 6, Willamette Meridian. |