Broadband Legislative

We want to keep you informed on the legislative issues regarding Telecommunications. Additional information is available at the following sites:

Senate Bill 6675

Washington State Legislature www.leg.wa.gov

Contact Information:

Senator Bob Morton

Representative Shelly Short

Representative Joel Kretz

Stimulus Funding

The District applied for and received a portion of the $7.2 billion dollar broadband stimulus funds made available to deploy broadband to unserved and underserved rural communities. On April 26, 2010 it was announced by Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Agency that Pend Oreille PUD was the recipient of a 27.3 million dollar grant to deploy fiber optics as a last-mile broadband solution in Pend Oreille County. The Broadband Fiber to the Premise Brochure Link contains a pdf brochure of the project description and quick facts regarding the project

The completed 48 page application is available through the links below. The remaining 159 pages of the application (83 pages are excerpts from three years of annual reports) are attachments and supporting documents and have been separated into 7 separate links to make it easier to download.

  • ARRA Environmental Assessment (pdf-3mb)
  • ARRA Environmental Assessment Appendix A Sections A1-A3 (pdf-3mb)
  • ARRA Environmental Assessment Appendix A Sections A4-A7 (pdf-4mb)
  • ARRA Environmental Assessment Appendix A Sections A7-A12 (pdf-3mg)
  • ARRA Environmental Assessment Appendix B (pdf-3mb)
  • ARRA Environmental Assessment Maps (pdf-5mb)
  • ARRA Environmental Assessment Findings of No Significant Impact (pdf)
  • ARRA Broadband Infrastructure Application (pdf)
  • Attachments A – Q (pdf)
  • Application Questions Support (pdf)
  • Application Certifications (pdf)
  • Q47 Annual Report Financial Statements (pdf)
  • Supplement 1 Community Support Letters (pdf)
  • Supplement 2 Opportunity Number (pdf)
  • Supplement 3 Maps (pdf)
  • Application Overview (pdf)
  • NTIA Press Release April 26, 2010 (pdf)
  • WA State US Senators (Cantwell) Press Release (pdf)
  • WA State US Senators (Murray) Press Release (pdf)
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