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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 <br />230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment <br />PAGE 3-29 <br />PRIORITY ECOSYSTEM <br />ROUTE <br />SEGMENT(S) LOCATED WITHIN 5 MILES <br />NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES <br />TOTAL ACRES <br />PRESENT WITHIN 5 MILES OF ROUTE SEGMENT(S) <br />PRIORITY OF ECOSYSTEM1 <br />1 2 3 <br />Winter-fat -Sandberg bluegrass <br />(Krascheninnikovia lanata-Poa <br />secunda) <br />2d, 3b, 3c 1 59 X <br />Wyoming big sagebrush-needle and <br />thread (Artemisia tridentata ssp. <br />wyomingensis-Hesperostipa comata) <br />3a, 3b, 3c, NNR- <br />7, NNR-8 5 3255 X <br />Sources: WNHP 2011; WNHP 2015a. <br />1 Priority 1 species/ecosystems are in danger of extinctions across their range. Priority 2 species/ecosystems may become endangered across <br />their range and Priority 3 species/ecosystems are vulnerable and declining. <br />3.2.3 Current Management Considerations <br />Federal and state legislation applicable to vegetation resources in the Project study area are described <br />below. <br />3.2.3.1 Endangered Species Act <br />The ESA directs federal agencies to conserve Endangered and Threatened species and to ensure that <br />actions authorized, funded, or carried out by the agency are not likely to jeopardize the continued <br />existence of a listed species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of designated Critical <br />Habitat. <br />3.2.3.2 BLM Special Status Species Management <br />BLM Manual 6840 – Special Status Species Management authorizes each BLM State Director to <br />designate and protect Sensitive Species on lands managed by the BLM. This proposed Project must <br />comply with BLM Manual 6840 which provides goals and objectives for the management of BLM <br />Sensitive Species. <br />3.2.3.3 Executive Order 13112 <br />Executive Order 13112 (Invasive Species) requires federal agencies address invasive species concerns <br />and to not authorize or carry out new actions that would cause or promote the introduction of invasive <br />species. <br />3.2.3.4 Federal Noxious Weed Act <br />The Federal Noxious Weed Act established a federal program to control and manage nonindigenous <br />weeds that injure or have the potential to injure the interests of agriculture and commerce, wildlife <br />resources, or the public health. <br />3.2.3.5 Washington State Noxious Weed Laws <br />Chapter 17.10 Revised Code of Washington is the primary weed law for Washington. Its goal is to limit <br />Washington's economic loss due to noxious weeds in and around agricultural and natural areas. This <br />holds landowners, including state and county land agencies, responsible for controlling noxious weeds on <br />their property. It also establishes a program for administering the noxious weed law, which is carried out <br />by the WSNWCB, Washington Department of Agriculture, and County and District Noxious Weed <br />Control Boards.