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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-114 3.4.2.2 Existing and Planned Land Use The Project study area contains portions of Yakima, Benton, Grant, and Kittitas counties in Washington. Unincorporated communities in the Project study area include Beverly, Schawana, Wanapum Village, and Desert Aire. Badger Pocket also is an area of rural agricultural and residential development located in the northwest side of the Project study area. Selah is an incorporated community located just outside the Project study area. The Grant County PUD is a nonprofit municipal corporation providing electric and communication services within its district. The Grant County PUD operates the Priest Rapids Project consisting of two hydroelectric facilities on the Columbia River in the Project study area (Wanapum Dam and Priest Rapids Dam), other hydroelectric-related facilities, and recreation areas on or in proximity to the river. Federal and state agencies also manage land in the Project study area. These agencies manage the following specific resources within the Project study area: Federal • Army - JBLM YTC • Department of the Interior o BLM-Yakima River Canyon Management Area (MA) and lands south of Wanapum Dam in Kittitas County; Saddle Mountains MA in Grant County; other scattered parcels across the Project study area o USFWS - Columbia National Wildlife Refuge and Hanford Reach National Monument o Reclamation - land parcels and irrigation canals in Grant County and Yakima County  Irrigation projects developed by Reclamation include the Columbia Basin and Yakima Projects; see Section 3.4.3.1 below. State • DNR - State Trust lands and Selah Cliffs Natural Area Preserve (NAP) • WDFW - Columbia Basin Wildlife Area-Lower Crab Creek Unit and Priest Rapids Unit • WSDOT - SR-243, SR-24, and I-82 3.4.2.3 Residential Residences are predominantly single-family detached housing units in the Project study area. Communities with more densely populated areas include East Selah, the City of Mattawa, and the area around JBLM YTC. Wanapum Village, Schawana, Desert Aire, Beverly, and Badger Pocket are also in the Project study area. 3.4.2.4 Commercial, Public, Industrial Mattawa has a number of retail businesses and government service facilities in the community. Industrial- type businesses and activities occurring in the Project study area are associated with light industry and agricultural processing, including food storage and processing facilities associated with large-scale agriculture. The City of Yakima, just outside of the southwestern part of the Project study area, is the Yakima County seat and a regional business center with a number of commercial and industrial businesses as well as government service facilities. Commercial operations are very limited in the Project study area along the Action Alternatives. Public facilities are associated with the I-82 corridor (rest areas) and, generally, undeveloped state and federal lands. 3.4.2.5 Linear Facilities (Transmission/distribution lines, pipelines, canals, etc.) Existing linear features within the Project study area include transmission lines, highways, abandoned railroads (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific [C, M, SP, & P]), and irrigation canals. The Yakima