FFA Sierra Nevada Communications, FIBER 108 – Lower Phase
Summary
SCH Number
2025080655
Public Agency
California Public Utilities Commission
(CPUC)
Document Title
FFA Sierra Nevada Communications, FIBER 108 – Lower Phase
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/15/2025
Document Description
The FIBER 108 – Lower Phase project, in addition to this project providing up to 5,000/5,000 Mbps service to 284 unserved locations in the communities of Sylvan Lodge and Long Barn, this project will improve the service to 291 locations in the community of Sierra Park. Speeds offered in Sierra Park will increase from 30/5 Mbps to 400/100 Mbps with no additional costs to the project. Sierra Nevada Communications will deploy approximately nine miles of last-mile fiber and four miles of middle mile fiber. The network infrastructure will be 100 percent aerial.
The project will benefit disadvantaged or Environmental and Social Justice communities; 100 percent of the unserved locations are in low-income areas. Sierra Nevada Communications will provide a low-cost broadband plan that meets the requirements in D. 22-04-055, Section 3, and has committed to maintaining its prices for at least ten years.
Contact Information
Name
Lisa S Cooke
Agency Name
CPUC
Job Title
Public Utility Regulatory Analyst (PURA) V
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Unincorporated
Counties
Tuolumne
Regions
Countywide, Northern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Sylvan Lodge, Long Barn communities, Hwy 108 Lower Phase
Other Location Info
Sylvan Lodge, Long Barn communities, Hwy 108 Lower Phase, Various rural counties
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301, 15302, 15303 (d), 15304 (f), 15332
Reasons for Exemption
Under Decision D. 22-04-055 and under Resolution T- 17874 the CPUC Commission determined that these projects planned by Sierra Nevada Communications, FFA FIBER 108 - Lower Phase, would fall within one of several categorical exemptions under CEQA. Section 15301 consists of operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. Additionally, 15302 and 15303 consist of replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities and new construction or conversion of small structures, respectively.