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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-111 3.4 LAND JURISDICTION AND LAND USE As was done in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS), this section describes the existing conditions (affected environment) and considers issues related to land jurisdiction and land use along all Action Alternatives presented in the DEIS and SDEIS, including those raised during scoping. This Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) section consolidates and builds on the information presented in the January 2013 DEIS as well as the January 2015 SDEIS and includes references to those documents throughout the text where appropriate. This FEIS identifies the New Northern Route (NNR) Alternative – Overhead Design Option as the Environmentally Preferred Alternative and U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has selected the NNR Alternative – Overhead Design Option as the Agency Preferred Alternative. This section characterizes the uses and jurisdiction of land in the Project study area in south-central Washington. The purpose of the land use analysis is to inventory land uses and to assess the potential land use impacts of each of the Action Alternative route segments. Data was compiled for land uses and jurisdiction within a two-mile wide study corridor (Project study area), one mile on either side of the assumed centerline of each Action Alternative route segment. The Project study area includes the northwest part of Yakima County west of and adjacent to the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Yakima Training Center (JBLM YTC), the northwestern corner of Benton County, the southwest corner of Grant County, and the southeast corner of Kittitas County. Appendix A - Jurisdiction, Recreation, and Special Management Areas Map of this FEIS shows land jurisdiction in the Project study area. Appendix A - Land Use Map shows existing land use. 3.4.1 Data Sources Land use data were collected for the Project study area. Information for the inventory was obtained from various federal, state, and local agencies, including the following: • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) National Priority List (NPL) website database • U.S. Department of the Army (Army) – FEIS for the Fort Lewis Army Growth and Force Structure Realignment (July 2010) • BLM – Spokane Resource Management Plan (RMP) – Rangeland Program Summary Record of Decision (ROD) (1987) • BLM – Proposed Spokane RMP Amendment Final ROD (1992) • BLM – ROD for the Spokane RMP Amendment (1992) • BLM – Analysis of the Management Situation for the Eastern Washington and San Juan RMP (BLM 2011) • Washington State Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Land Use Database • Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Map of State Trust Lands and Other Major Public and Tribal Lands in Washington State (2010) • Washington State Department of Ecology (WDOE) Toxic Cleanup program website database • Benton County Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2006, amended 009) • Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan (2013) • Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Plan (2014) • Grant County Comprehensive Plan (2006, amended 2010) • Grant County Public Utility District (PUD) No. 2 Priest Rapids/Wanapum Land Use Plan (1992) • Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project Recreation Management Plan Amendment (Grant County PUD 2010b) • Grant County Shoreline Master Program (2015) • Yakima County “Plan 2015” Comprehensive Plan (2007)