Decision Memo Completed

Seward/Primrose Highways Fiber Optic Cable Installation

Chugach National Forest Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Seward Ranger District

Project consists of the installation, operation, and maintenance of approximately 3 miles of fiber-optic telecommunications cable along the Seward and Primrose Highways within the existing transmission line and highway right-of-ways.

Location

The project will occur within the existing City of Seward and Alaska Department of Transportation right-of-ways located near Moose Pass, from Lake View to Primrose subdivision.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/27/2016
2
Decision
11/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
11/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (2), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(2)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Seward/Primrose Highways Fiber Optic Cable InstallationDecision Signed Date: 11/04/2016
ForestsChugach National Forest
DistrictsSeward Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT 3 N, R 1 E, Sections: 7, 18, and 19, and T3N, R1W Sections 24 and 25, Seward Meridian
Special use management