Environmental Assessment Completed

Radio Communication Site Upgrades

Tongass National Forest Juneau; Ketchikan Gateway; Sitka; Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon; Wrangell-Petersburg; Yakutat, Alaska Tongass National Forest All Units

Add or replace small fiberglass survival/communication structures at 15 existing Forest Service communication sites on mountain and ridgetops to improve radio personnel safety. Includes helicopter use in Wilderness. CZMA-FAA 3

Location

FS radio sites on Admiralty National Monument & Yakutat, Juneau, Hoonah, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan/Misty Fiords R.D.s

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/23/2010
2
Comment Period
06/21/2010
3
Decision
07/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFacility Improvements/Construction
Radio Communication Site UpgradesDecision Signed Date: 07/28/2010 Legal Notice Date: 07/31/2010
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsPetersburg Ranger District; Wrangell Ranger District; Sitka Ranger District; Hoonah Ranger District; Juneau Ranger District; Admiralty Island National Monument; Yakutat Ranger District; Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Facility management