Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
December 20, 2017Bonneville Power Administration proposes to allow customers to lease excess operational fiber on existing Bonneville Power Administration fiber optic cables connected at Bonneville Power Administration-owned facilities throughout the Bonneville Power Administration service territory in 2018 and 2019. Specifically, Bonneville Power Administration would allow customers to gain access to leased fiber cables by splicing into cables located on existing structures or in existing vaults, including Bonneville Vaults and/or Customer Vaults or by installing new fiber cables in existing conduit.