The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) proposed to upgrade existing mountaintop telecommunications towers, vaults, and other supporting infrastructure as required to support the State's Public Safety Microwave Network and continue to provide essential emergency communications linkages for CAL FIRE'S fire protection and emergency response command and control throughout the State. On behalf of California Department of General Services (DGS), the CEQA lead agency, Aspen assisted with the environmental permitting and surveys at the following 7 CAL FIRE communications facilities: Sierra Vista in Calaveras; Mount Oso in Stanislaus; Chalk Mountain in Santa Cruz; Pratt Mountain and Mount Pierce in Humboldt; Bunchgrass in Shasta; and Banner Mountain in Nevada Counties. 

Aspen prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the replacement of the existing Sacramento Mountain tele­com­munications facility with a new enhanced radio communications system at Sawtooth Ridge located 12 miles south-southwest of Needles, California.

Aspen prepared an environmental impact report (EIR) for a project consisting of the installation of four fiber-optic cable systems across the Pacific Ocean. The cable systems will connect the United States to various Pacific Rim locations, such as Southeast Asia, China, Australia, and Japan.

Level 3 Communications proposed to construct an extensive 2,000-mile fiber optic network throughout California to address increasing demand for broadband access.