Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
September 28, 2017
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The project will include the demolition and removal of the Idaho Relay Station (IDRS) building with attached generator room, evacuation and disposal of propane tank and propane, removal and disposal of 200lb FM-200 bottle in IDRS building, evacuation of Freon from AC unit connected to the IDRS building, removal of generator, removal of IDRS building, removal of all underground cabling from the IDRS building to the IDRS transformer enclosure, removal of all inner fencing around IDRS site, removal of all associated concrete pads of the IDRS site, backfill of removed concrete located at the IDRS site, and site restoration with native vegetation. Additionally, the project will perform the demolition and removal of the antenna towers (three 131’ log-periodic, one 92’ Omni); three Balun telephone poles; one 2.5-meter satellite dish; all guy wire anchor points; all buried underground cabling to the antennas from the IDRS building; and all associated concrete pads and backfill of removed concrete located at the IDRS site.