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NEPA COMPLIANCE REPORT SECTION 1: PROJECT DESCRIPTION Entity Submitting Request: Magnum Communications, Inc. Property Address: 3768 Old Stage Road Oregon,WI 53575 T-R-S:S'h of the NE 1/4 of Section 34,TO5N,R1OE Further Description: The proposed project will consist of the construction of a 488-foot guyed tower on the Stoughton Farms property near 3768 Old Stage Road in the Town of Rutland, Dane County,Wisconsin. The proposed tower site shall be located in an unfilled,fallow field. A fenced,20-foot by 20-foot gravel compound will be constructed at the base of the tower. A proposed maintained grass drive will provide access to the site,connecting the compound with Old Stage Road to the north. This NEPA covers the entire proposed 673,947 square foot parcel,the access drive and easements,and associated areas of ground disturbance as shown in the Figure 3 Site Plans and as was included as part of the Archaeological Survey. In October2073,the project was reactivated,and supplemental correspondence with the FWS and DNR was completed to ensure the NEPA was still valid. SECTION 2: COMPLIANCE ITEMS FCC regulations(47 CFR 1.1307)dictate that an environmental assessment must be prepared for any site that meets one of the following conditions: 2.1) Facilities located in an officially designated wilderness area 2.2)Facilities located in a designated wilderness preserve 2.3)Facilities which may affect threatened or endangered species or designated critical habitats;or are likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any proposed endangered or threatened species or likely to result in the destruction or adverse modification of proposed critical habitats,as determined by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 2.4)Facilities that may affect districts,sites,buildings,structures,or objects significant in American history,architecture,archaeology,engineering,or culture,that are listed,or are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places 2.5)Facilities that may affect Indian religious sites 2.6)Facilities located in a flood plain 2.7)Facilities that involve a significant change in surface features 2.8)Antenna towers equipped with high intensity white lights that are located in a residential neighborhood 2.9)Facilities that may result in human exposure to radiofrequency radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards specified in §1.1307(b) The following is a summary of actions completed by Edge Consulting to ensure that the tower/antenna facility proposed by Magnum Communications,Inc. will not impact any of these FCC and NEPA items. A copy of the NEPA Checklist has been included in Appendix A. 5080 NEPA-Update -1-