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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-129 LEASE NUMBER & TYPE LEASE HOLDERS NAME PUBLIC LANDS LOCATION (TOWNSHIP/RANGE/SECTION) (PARCEL NUMBER) 50-013711 – Electric Trans Line Pacific Power & Light Company T. 12N 22E 30 50-016776 – Electric Trans Line Bonneville Power Administration T. 12N 22E 30 50-024287 – Electric Trans Line Benton Rural Electric Association T. 12N 22E 30 50-025627 – Electric Trans Line Pacific Power & Light Company T. 12N 22E 30 50-045906 – Distribution Cable Benton Rural Electric Association T. 12N 22E 30 50-SR1087 – State Highway WSDOT T.16N, R.19E Sec. 14 (454533) 50-036625 – road WSDOT T.16N, R.19E Sec. 26 50-045118 – road WSDOT T.16N, R.19E Sec. 26 Sand and Gravel Operations There is a WSDOT sand and gravel site with a maintenance shed for winter operations located at I-82 Exit 11; however, sand and gravel is not mined there. WSDOT does have an approved, though not currently in use, borrow pit site located north of the Fred Redmon Bridge. There are also two sand and gravel operations located on the south side of the east-west section of SR-243 in Grant County. One operation is located where the highway begins to curve in a north-south direction. Another operation is located approximately 3,000 feet west of where the concentration of overhead parallel transmission lines cross the Columbia River into the Midway Substation. In Yakima County, a sand and gravel operation is located north of Roza Hill Road, west of Saint Hilaire Road and east of the JBLM YTC boundary. Superfund and Hazardous Waste Sites Superfund is the federal government’s program to clean up the nation's uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The program, managed by the USEPA, identifies the sites and places them on the NPL for cleanup. A review of the NPL indicated that there are no NPL sites in the Project study area. A review of the WDOE Toxics Cleanup Program site information indicated one site (Wolfkill Feed and Fertilizer, now owned by Tatoes, Inc.) is located on the west side of Mattawa but not near any of the proposed Project route segments in Grant County. The property was previously used for liquid and dry fertilizer storage distribution. Groundwater samples detected concentrations of chemicals that exceeded state cleanup levels. Restrictions have been placed on the property called a Restrictive Covenant. Groundwater extraction from the site for domestic use is prohibited. The Hanford Superfund Sites are located in the Hanford Reach National Monument, located approximately 6.2 to 31 miles to the east and southeast of the Project study area. Wind Energy Projects In June 2010, Horizon Wind Energy NW (now EDP Renewables) concluded three years of wind testing in the Saddle Mountains and submitted an application to the BLM to continue testing for another three years. The second three year term was subsequently approved by the BLM. Horizon also submitted a development application to the BLM for a major wind project (up to 150 turbines) in the western half of the Saddle Mountains on both private and BLM land; however, the BLM has not yet formally accepted the application. Bureau of Reclamation Planned Projects The Congress directed the Secretary of the Interior, acting through Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study of options for additional water storage in the Yakima River basin. Reclamation initiated the Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study in May 2003 (Reclamation 2008). The purpose of the