LFDC NEPA Tracker

Significant Effect

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Umatilla National Forest

Battle Bruin Integrated Vegetation Management Project

This project proposes to restore a healthy, diverse, and resilient forest ecosystem and create defensible fuel breaks for use during wildfire emergencies through the use of mechanical and non-mechanical thinning and fuels treatments, reforestation, and seeding and planting of native plants.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/2/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 North Fork John Day Ranger District 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

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Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/2/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Lake of the Woods Fuel Break

Project uses understory thinning, mastication, and prescribed fire to create and maintain fuel breaks and defensible space. Small trees are thinned, slash piled or burned, and fuels reduced through hand/machine piling, pile burning, underburning, and mastication.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Klamath Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management Added: 2026-06-18

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Mt. Hood National Forest

South Wasco Ecosystem Resiliency

The project proposes to conduct commercial and non-commercial fuels and vegetation treatments on approximately 19,000 acres.

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Acres (approx.)

19,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Hood National Forest 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Regulations, directives, orders · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-06-15

Developing Proposal

Acres (approx.)

19,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

MBS, Okan-Wen, Colville, Wallowa-Whitman, Fremont-Winema, Deschutes, Umatilla, Malheur

Region 6 Elite Tree Protection Project

The Pacific Northwest Region is collaborating with nine Forests to develop a region-wide project to protect whitebark pine trees (Pinus albicaulis) that have a high level of white pine blister rust resistance.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2023 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2023 (Estimated)

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📍 R6 - Pacific Northwest Region All Units 🏷 Wildlife, fish, rare plants · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2023 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2023 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Wallowa-Whitman, Malheur

Austin

This project includes a suite of activities to restore forest and watershed resiliency, including: fuels treatments and prescribed burning; and upland and watershed restoration.

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Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	05/15/2025
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	02/02/2026
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

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📍 Blue Mountain Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Fuels management · Watershed management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress

Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	05/15/2025
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	02/02/2026
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

Mixed Impact

Fremont-Winema National Forest

BPA-Lapine-Chiloquin Priority Pole Project

BPA has identified roads that require maintenance to ensure safe access to the LAPI-CHIL-1 transmission facilities. The road maintenance will allow BPA to also perform wood pole replacements that need to be completed along the transmission line.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/24/2023
Decision	06/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	08/2024 (Estimated)

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📍 Chemult Ranger District 🏷 Special use management · Road management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/24/2023
Decision	06/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	08/2024 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Buck/Indian North Boundary Fence

There is a need to re-establish the northern boundary of the Buck/Indian cattle allotment to allow better management of the northern section of the allotment.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/23/2025
Decision	04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Klamath Ranger District 🏷 Grazing management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/23/2025
Decision	04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2026 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Buffalo Meadow Warming Shelter Project

This project proposes to install a pre-engineered shelter on the edge of a large meadow, known locally as Buffalo Meadow.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/18/2022
Decision	08/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	11/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Klamath Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/18/2022
Decision	08/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	11/2026 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Chiloquin Sewer project

This project will connect the Chiloquin Ranger District to the town of Chiloquin's sewer line

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	03/20/2015
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2015 (Estimated)

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📍 Chiloquin Ranger District 🏷 Facility management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	03/20/2015
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2015 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Mt. McLoughlin Trailhead Relocation Project

There is a need to relocate the Mt. Mcloughlin Trailhead and parking area to avoid initial and long-term maintenance costs associated with constructing a new bridge across the Cascade Canal.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	11/2024 (Estimated)
Comment Period	02/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	05/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Klamath Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	11/2024 (Estimated)
Comment Period	02/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	05/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Paddock Butte Prescribed Fire

Working together, Federal, State and Private land managers have the opportunity to reintroduce fire on an interagency landscape in the Paddock Butte area.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	10/30/2024
Decision	01/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Bly Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	10/30/2024
Decision	01/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2025 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Paradise Restoration Project

The primary purpose of the Paradise Restoration Project is ecosystem restoration. Action is needed to restore healthy forest ecosystems, improve wildlife habitats, and protect life, property, and infrastructure within and adjacent to the project area.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/27/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Bly Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Land management planning · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/27/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Fremont-Winema National Forest

Post-fire Competing Vegetation Management

The Forest Service is proposing to implement herbicide treatments for forest re-establishment and trail maintenance to reduce competing vegetation on approximately 43,000 acres of Forest System Lands that have been impacted by recent wildfires.

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Acres	426,500
Acres	91,710
Acres	62,160
Acres	51,380
Acres (approx.)	43,000
Acres	8,946

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/4/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Fremont-Winema National Forest 🏷 Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres	426,500
Acres	91,710
Acres	62,160
Acres	51,380
Acres (approx.)	43,000
Acres	8,946

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/4/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Mt. Hood National Forest

MTH Anvil Vegetation Management Project

This project seeks to improve forest health and diversity in plantations. In addition, this project seeks to reduce excessive fuel loading primarily along forest roads. Approximately 4,000 acres may be proposed for vegetation and fuels treatments.

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Acres (approx.)

4,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/3/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Clackamas River Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres (approx.)

4,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/3/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Mt. Hood National Forest

MTH Clear Branch Dam Remediation

There is a need to remediate Clear Branch Dam to meet current dam safety and environmental compliance standards in order to continue to provide a clean dependable water supply for the Upper Hood River valley. More information at: clearbranchdam.com.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/18/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Hood National Forest 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/18/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Mt. Hood National Forest

MTH Lost Lake Late Successional Reserve Acre Swap

There is a need to amend the Forest Plan to remove the high use recreational area of Lost Lake Resort, Campground and Day Use Area from Late-successional Reserve (LSR), and reallocate more appropriate areas as LSR.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/20/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Hood National Forest 🏷 Land management planning Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/20/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Mt. Hood National Forest

MTH Timberline Chairlifts and Improvements

To improve connectivity between Summit Pass and Timberline Lodge, enhance skiing experience, and improve communications, the following is proposed: replacement of Summit Pass chairlift and new chairlift construction, ski terrain improvements, and fiber optic cable installation.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Hood National Forest 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Umatilla National Forest

54 North Fuels Reduction and Huckleberry Restoration Project

To restore resilience in dry upland forests by protecting old trees, reducing surface fuels, reducing overall forest density, and shifting composition from intolerant to fire tolerant species. Improve habitat for huckleberry.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/27/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 North Fork John Day Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management · Heritage resource management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/27/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Umatilla National Forest

Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision

Land Management Plan revision for the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests, which will provide management direction on approximately 4.9 million acres of public lands. https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/umatilla/planning/blue-mountains-forest-plan-revision

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/5/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Umatilla National Forest 🏷 Land management planning Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/5/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Umatilla National Forest

Mottet Vegetation Management Project

Vegetation management project for stand structure and composition, socioeconomics by providing timber products.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/16/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Walla Walla Ranger District 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/16/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Umatilla National Forest

Mt. Misery Snowshelter Relocation

Mt. Misery Snowshelter proposed to be moved to reduce ongoing impacts and comply with NHPA.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/27/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Pomeroy Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/27/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Restorative Impact

Umatilla National Forest

Tucannon Watershed Restoration Projects

Activities are planned to correct areas compromised by 2020 flood event, 2022 post-Green Ridge fire event and identified restoration needs. Activities include bank stabilization, culvert and road repair under the Forestwide Aquatics EA (47428).

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Umatilla National Forest All Units 🏷 Watershed management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	01/1970 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2025 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

Crystal Crag Water Storage Tank Replacement

The removal of two existing water storage tanks & constructing a new one. The new steel water storage tank will be 20,000-gallons, 16-foot diameter and 16 ft high. Including new inlet, outlet, drain, overflow, water supply, and distribution pipelines

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2024 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2024 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

E. Clampus Vitus Bodie Chapter No. 64 Tamarack Lodge Plaque

Bodie Chapter No. 64 of E. Clampus Vitus is to construct a historical marker w/ bronze plaque northeast of the Tamarack Lodge entrance commemorating the history of the Lodge & its contribution to the history of Mono County and the Mammoth Lakes Basin

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	07/23/2024
Decision	08/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2024 (Estimated)

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📍 Mammoth Ranger District 🏷 Heritage resource management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	07/23/2024
Decision	08/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2024 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

LADWP Long Valley Pole Removal and Pole Replacement Project

LADWP Utility Maintenance Project:1)removal of poles & replacement of poles in one line and 2)removal of poles & rehab in second line, 3)relinquish poles

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	07/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2024 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2024 (Estimated)
Decision	07/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2024 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Inyo National Forest

Long Valley Exploration Drilling

On November 12, 2025, the Mammoth Lakes Ranger District of the Inyo National Forest received a Plan of Operations (Plan) from KORE USA Ltd. (KORE) for their Long Valley Exploration Drilling project in Mono County, California. KORE plans to conduct exploration-level activities for deposits of gold.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/3/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Inyo National Forest 🏷 Minerals and geology Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/3/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

Mammoth Mountain Main Lodge Redevelopment

Mammoth Mountain proposes redeveloping its Main Lodge area on private land, with related development on adjacent National Forest lands. Joint CEQA/NEPA analysis. Proposed construction/reconstruction of parking lots,buildings,chairlifts and ski runs.

Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	11/14/2022
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2025 (Estimated)
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	04/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Recreation management · Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress

Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	11/14/2022
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2025 (Estimated)
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	04/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

Permit Reissuances - Ongoing, various permit types

Ongoing and continuous reissuance of various special use authorizations. Examples of these are resorts, research activities, utilities and events. For further information on any specific permit or permitted activities, contact Erin Noesser.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	12/10/2018
Decision	06/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	12/10/2018
Decision	06/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

Restorative Impact

Inyo National Forest

Reds Meadow Valley Recreation Site Renovations

Renovations & ecological restoration at 7 recreation sites / campgrounds in Reds Meadow Valley designed to enhance overall visitor experience, ensure recreation assets support current & future visitation & protect/restore ecologically sensitive areas

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/08/2024
Decision	12/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Mammoth Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management · Watershed management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/08/2024
Decision	12/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Inyo National Forest

Rock Creek Lodge Resort Wildfire Resilience

Fuels reduction and forest resilience project surrounding the Rock Creek Lakes Resort permit area on the Inyo National Forest. Project is funded by a National Resources Conservation Service grant.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/01/2024
Decision	03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Inyo National Forest All Units 🏷 Fuels management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/01/2024
Decision	03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2025 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Inyo National Forest

Sherwin Area Recreation Plan 3 (SHARP)

Development of designated trails for protection of natural and cultural resources. This proposed action includes decommissioning of user created trails, reconstruction of user created trails, and new trail construction.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	06/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Mammoth Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	06/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2025 (Estimated)