USDA Forest Service Communication Site Planning

BLM Draft and Final Commsite Plans and associated maps, photos, and tables have been migrated to a new site at the Denver Service Center. Follow the BLM Communication Site link.

Forest Service Final Commsite Plans and associated maps, photos, and tables have been migrated to the I-Web in INFRA. Draft materials will be migrated over the next year or as finalized.

Sample Communications Management Site Plan New!

Geo-referenced Site Map Standards (RTF)

Survey Methods/Notes (RTF)

Communication Site Plan of Development (RTF)

Telecommunication Act of 1996  Text PDF

Forms

• APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS  SF-299 (RTF)



• US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Communications Use Lease Authority Form FS-2700-10b (PDF)



• USDA Forest Service Technical Data Communication Type Land Use Form FS-2700-10 (RTF)



• COMMUNICATIONS SITE TENANT/CUSTOMER INVENTORY CERTIFICATION OF FACILITY OWNER OR MANAGER FS-2700-10a (RTF)



• Case File and Planning Tool Site/Facility Inventory Form (RTF)

Federal Register Notice

• Regions 1-6
• Proposed Policy
• Final Policy
• Regions 8, 9 & 10
• Proposed Policy (RTF)
• Final Policy (RTF)

Communication Site Administration

• ID 2709.11-2007-3 (RTF)
• 2008 Communications Site Fee Schedule and Population Zones. Effective: October 26, 2007. Expires December 31, 2008.

Previous Schedules (RTF) ; **Select a Year** 2007: ID 2709.11-2006-2 2006: ID 2709.11-2005-3 2005: ID 2709.11-2004-5

• FS Communications Site Management Handbook (RTF) : Issued August 14, 2003 as Amendment 2709.11-2003-4, Revised October 19, 2004 as Amendment 2709.11-2004-4.

• Communications Site Q&A, Sep 1997 (RTF) (Background information in Q&A format useful in understanding the administration of Communications Use Leases and Fee Schedule)
  
  
• Fish & Wildlife Service, Tower-Migratory Bird Guidelines (RTF) September 2000

Related Links

• National Telecommunications and Information Administration



• Federal Rights of Way for Telecommunications Projects



• Improving Rights-of-Way Management Across Federal Lands: A Roadmap for Greater Broadband Deployment Report by the Federal Rights-of-Way Working Group April 2004



• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Links
• FCC Rules & Regulations
• Daily Digest
• FCC License Tools
• Radio Frequency Safety


• CTIA on World of Wireless (Non-Agency Site)



• WirelessWeek (Non-Agency Site), Check their Wireless Web Site Directory

Last modified: Last modified: Jun 04, 2008
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