Bureau of Land Management's Las Vegas field office is looking forward to public input about the draft environmental assessment for a proposed communication tower along State Route 163 in Nevada.
The public input period is now open for the environmental effects analysis California-based InterConnect Towers' proposed ICT Lake Mohave Communication Site building and operation west of Laughlin, Nev., according to an Oct. 28 news release. The public input period is open until Nov. 28.
"We look forward to receiving public input on the proposed communication facility," BLM Las Vegas Field Office Manager Shonna Dooman said in the release.
The proposed wireless broadband communication facility will, among other things, provide internet and other services to underserved and overloaded traffic corridors near State Route 163 and Lake Mohave in Clark County, Nev., according to the news release. InterConnect Towers is asking for a right-of-way communication use lease to construct the proposed multi-tenant communication facility on public lands about a quarter-mile south of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and a quarter-mile east of State Route 163, near mile marker 10.
"The facility would also be capable of serving radio and two-way radio communications for emergency services," the news release said.
The area requested is about 21,600 square feet, or about half an acre "of new disturbance," surrounded by a chain-link fence, the news release said. The tower would be a three-legged, 180-foot freestanding, self-supporting lattice communication tower built on a 21-foot triangular base and a 32-foot square concrete foundation. InterConnect Towers also proposes to build a 20-foot by 40-foot equipment building that can accommodate up to six tenants, in addition to up to three 20-foot by 110-foot solar arrays and up to four 25 to 50-kilowatt generators. The facility also would include containment pads to capture fluids should the up to four of its 2,000-gallon propane tank fail.
The proposal also includes a 12-foot-wide entrance gate at the north side of the site. Access to the site would be via an existing unpaved road between the site and Needles Highway, about 4.2 miles east of the proposed site, according to the release.
Comments can be submitted via the proposal's page on BLM's website or by mail at Lake Mohave Communication Site, Attn: Anthony Hill, BLM Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130. Comments, including commenter's address, phone number, e-mail address or other personal identifying information become public record.
