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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-113 Local Counties which administer lands in the Project study area include: • Yakima County • Grant County • Kittitas County • Benton County Other Agencies Other quasi-public agencies which operate additional local irrigation facilities in cooperation with Reclamation, but not directly owning or managing land in the Project study area include: • Roza Irrigation District • South Columbia Basin Irrigation District Yakima County Yakima County is the second largest county in the state by area. The county is bordered by Benton and Grant counties to the east; Klickitat County to the south; Skamania, Lewis, and Pierce counties to the west; and Kittitas County to the north. The City of Yakima, located in proximity to the western part of the Project study area, is the county seat. The southern part of the Army’s JBLM YTC is located in the northeast part of the county. Route segments of the proposed Project are generally located in the central part of the county between State Route (SR) 24 and the southern and eastern boundaries of JBLM YTC. Grant County The fourth largest county in the state, Grant County, is approximately 2,675 square miles in area and is bordered on the west by Douglas and Kittitas Counties, on the south by Yakima and Benton counties, on the north by Okanogan County, and on the east by Adams County. The Columbia River flows in a deep valley along the west and southwestern boundary of the county. The City of Ephrata located outside of the Project study area in the central part of the county is the county seat. The proposed Project is located in the Mattawa farming area, Wahluke Slope, and Crab Creek area of Grant County on its southern end. Prominent features in the Project study area include the Saddle Mountains, Lower Crab Creek, and Wahluke Slope. The Wahluke Slope is a highly productive agricultural area of cultivated irrigated farmland south of the Saddle Mountains and north and east of the Columbia River. Saddle Mountains is a BLM-managed area with a number of allowable uses, including grazing, high voltage transmission line right-of-way (ROW) corridors, and recreation. Lower Crab Creek is a waterway that drains into the Columbia River that provides riparian habitat and is part of the WDFW-managed Columbia Basin Wildlife Area. Benton County Benton County is home to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford Site and well as parts of the Hanford Reach National Monument. The City of Prosser, located outside of the Project study area in the west-central part of the county, is the county seat. Route Segment 3c is located in a small unpopulated area of the northwestern corner of Benton County. Kittitas County Kittitas County is located at the geographic center of Washington State. Route segments of the NNR Alternative, including the Manastash Ridge (MR) Subroute, and Route Segment 3b are located in southeastern Kittitas County south of Interstate (I) 90. The City of Ellensburg, located outside of the Project study area in the central part of the Kittitas County, is the county seat.