ROW grants will be directly proportional to the development of other resources and resource uses in the Planning Area.

In terms of major utility lines, companies would focus first on the maintenance and upgrading of existing lines before undertaking new construction of major utility lines in the Planning Area.

New construction of major infrastructure and utility facilities will be based on public need and demand.

ROWs will be granted to qualified individual, business, or government entities in a manner which protects natural resources associated with public lands and adjacent lands, whether administered by the government or a private entity (43 CFR 2801).

At ROW renewal, existing ROWs would be allowed to continue without cost prohibitive restrictions, where appropriate. In general grants would be allowed to continue under existing constraints.

Existing ROWs and communication sites would be managed to protect valid existing rights.

If the current rate of ROW development continues, designated corridors should adequately meet future needs over the life of the plan. Under this rate of development, corridors may eventually be more intensely used, but crowding is not anticipated.

ROW corridors and communication site concentration areas are designated as the preferred future locations for ROWs.

ROW authorizations would require the appropriate level of site-specific environmental analysis.