This document summarizes the issues involved with installing fiber optic cable including right-of-way permitting across different types of land, the project team needed, typical permitting agencies depending on the location, CEQA compliance requirements, and timelines for permitting that can range from 45 days for projects with a Categorical Exemption to up to 2 years for projects requiring an Environmental Impact Report. Litigation around fiber installation projects is relatively rare.

1. Facility Installation – FiberJames T. Burroughs

2. Linear Construction Project Crosses all imaginable types of property ownership and triggers all conceivable land use permitting issues

3. Project Description Trench Plow Rock cutting Bridge attach Usually not aerial (for security and facility protection purposes) Signal regeneration stations Marker posts (aesthetic issue sometimes)

4. Right-of-way issues

5. Typical Project Team Engineers ROW agents Environmental consultants Lawyers

6. Permitting Agencies-Depends County/City CUP Water crossings Listed species State-owned land Federally-owned land Coastal Commission Flood control districts and their conveyance facilities Usually notAQMD

7. CEQA Compliance Lead agency “Binding" on responsible agencies for MND's and EIRs Typical Issues Typical mitigation

8. Permitting Timeline Depending on the length and complexity of the project: 45-60 days with a CatEx 6-12 months with a MND 12-24 months with EIR

9. Litigation Relatively rare Challenge to control costs and deliver the fiber product on a timely basis