Decision Memo Completed

Hinkle Mountain Broadband Expansion Project

Monongahela National Forest Nicholas, West Virginia Gauley Ranger District

SU permit issuance to install, operate, and maintain 3,370 feet (0.77 acre) of buried fiber optic cable along the edge of CR 7/4 Horse Ridge Cutoff Road and 1,895 feet (0.44 acre) of aerial fiber optic cable on Hinkle Mountain Ridge.

Location

Lines will be put along and near State Road 7/4, State Route 7, and County Routes 7/5 and 7/2, utilizing existing right-of-ways, crossing into National Forest Service Landin 3 locations.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/16/2020
2
Decision
04/2021 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
04/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Hinkle Mountain Broadband Expansion ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/07/2021
ForestsMonongahela National Forest
DistrictsGauley Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Special use management