This DM supports a Special Use Authorization and associated Special Use Permit for proponent Windstream and any contractor they hire to install fiber optic cable along existing roads to provide broadband Internet access to rural homes and businesses.
Location
Existing road prisms and road rights of way on NFS lands in Union and Lumpkin counties in Georgia on the Blue Ridge Ranger District on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/10/2025
2
Decision
05/2025 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2025 (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 |
| Windstream Union County Fiber Optic Upgrade | Decision Signed Date: 05/15/2025 |
| Forests | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests |
| Districts | Blueridge Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |