Decision Memo Completed

Grafton County Broadband Fiber Optic Installation Special Use Permit

White Mountain National Forest Grafton, New Hampshire Pemigewasset Ranger District

Grafton County proposes to install about 9.5 miles of fiber optic line, about 7.2 miles aerially on existing utility poles and about 2.3 miles in new buried conduit.

Location

Project is in the towns of Landaff, Waterville Valley, Benton, Easton, and Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/30/2024
2
Decision
03/2025 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2025 (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
Grafton County Broadband Fiber Optic Installation Special Use PermitDecision Signed Date: 03/05/2025
ForestsWhite Mountain National Forest
DistrictsPemigewasset Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Special use management