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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-141 Land on the west side of the route segment is designated in Yakima County’s “Plan 2015” as “Remote Rural/Extremely Limited Development Potential Areas” and land on the east side is designated as “Agricultural Resource Area” (Yakima County 2007). No agricultural areas or PLSS sections containing CRP lands are crossed by Route Segment 2a. 3.4.4.5 Route Segment 2b The existing land use along Route Segment 2b is rangeland. This route segment would cross 23 privately- owned land parcels owned by seven landowners and also crosses two parcels of BLM lands for a distance of 0.7 mile. All BLM lands along this segment are leased for grazing and the route is located entirely in Yakima County. No linear features such as transmission and/or distribution lines are crossed or paralleled. No major roads are crossed or paralleled along this route. The route parallels JBLM YTC for eight miles along its southeastern boundary. This route segment crosses two PLSS sections (T.12N, R.23E, Sections 8 and 9) that contain CRP lands on unknown parcels. According to Yakima County’s “Plan 2015,” the land is designated as “Agricultural Resource Area” (Yakima County 2007). Where the line parallels the JBLM YTC boundary, the land use on JBLM YTC is Zone 3 (General Use). 3.4.4.6 Route Segment 2c The existing land use along Route Segment 2c is predominantly rangeland with some cultivated areas of row crops. Private land crossed totals 17.1 miles and DNR state trust lands account for one mile and the route segment is located entirely in Yakima County. This route segment would cross 44 privately-owned land parcels owned by eight landowners. Alfalfa hay, timothy, wheat, and wildland feed are crossed by this route segment. A total of 0.9 mile of irrigated cropland and 1.1 miles of dryland agriculture is crossed. The only method used for irrigation is center pivot, and a total of five pivots are crossed. Grazing leases occur on the one mile of DNR state trust land as does an irrigated agricultural leased land totaling 0.1 mile. However, the irrigated DNR lease land crossed is currently only irrigated on the south 0.5 of the section (refer to Appendix A: Agriculture and Irrigation-Page 2 of 5, Route 2c MP 4.6). One residence is located within 500 feet of this route segment and two are within 1,000 feet. There is one agricultural processing building located at MP 11.0 (refer to Appendix A: Agriculture and Irrigation-Page 3 of 5) that would be affected by this route segment just west of the Rattlesnake Substation (owned and operated by Benton Rural Electric). Route segment 2c would parallel the BPA Midway-Moxee 115 kV and the PacifiCorp/Pacific Power Union Gap-Midway 230 kV transmission line corridor on the south side for 8.6 miles, crossing the lines twice (MP 8.5 and MP 17.2). According to Yakima County’s “Plan 2015”, the land is designated as “Agricultural Resource Area” (Yakima County 2007). 3.4.4.7 Route Segment 2d The existing land use along Route Segment 2d is primarily rangeland, and the route segment crosses the Umtanum Ridge, paralleling the Yakima-Benton county line and crossing into Benton County, terminating on the south bank of the Columbia River at the abandoned C, M, SP, & P Railroad ROW and Priest Rapids Road extension. Grazing is the primary land use along this route segment. No agricultural areas or PLSS sections containing CRP lands are crossed by Route Segment 2d. No linear features are present along this route segment. This route segment would cross six miles of privately-owned land on 13 parcels owned by three landowners and a contiguous section of BLM land totaling one mile. Most of the BLM land crossed contains grazing leases (0.8 mile, MP 1.0-1.5 and MP 1.7-2.0). The route segment also