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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 <br />230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment <br /> PAGE 3-145 <br />There are two RCO funded projects within the Project study area of this Route Segment: Selah Cliffs <br />NAP Grant # 06-1827 and Selah Cliffs Grant #93-838. The Selah Cliffs Grant #93-838 RCO site is not <br />encumbered by development restrictions because no land has been acquired with grant money. Selah <br />Cliffs NAP Grant # 06-1827 is not crossed by the route segment. This route segment would also cross the <br />Reclamation-proposed Wymer Dam Reservoir. This route segment also contains private land parcels <br />planned for potential acquisition or establishment of conservation easements as part of the Integrated <br />Plan. Land use for WSDOT parcels crossed by this route segment is associated with conservation. See <br />description of WSDOT environmental buffer in Section 3.4.3.2. <br />Agricultural areas occur west of the route segment just south of Selah Cliffs and no PLSS sections <br />containing CRP lands are crossed. Farmland of statewide importance is crossed for 0.8 mile and prime if <br />irrigated land is crossed for 0.2 mile. <br />Route Segment NNR-3 would cross Reclamation’s proposed Wymer Dam and Reservoir Project for <br />approximately 0.2 mile. At this crossing, Route Segment NNR-3 is directly adjacent to Pacific Power’s <br />existing Pomona-Wanapum 230 kV Transmission Line. For the proposed Wymer Dam and Reservoir <br />Project, mitigation land acquisition and habitat enhancement components are intended to result in a net <br />improvement in conditions for Sage-Grouse. Approximately 2.3 miles of Route Segment NNR-3 crosses <br />private land targeted for mitigation acquisition to offset impacts from the proposed Wymer Dam and <br />Reservoir Project. <br />3.4.4.13 Route Segment NNR-4o/4u <br />The existing land use along this route segment is related to undeveloped/grazing, military activities, <br />transportation, and the existing Pomona-Wanapum 230 kV utility corridor. There are no residences within <br />500 or 1,000 feet of this route segment. This route segment crosses private land and those managed by <br />JBLM YTC and WSDOT. A total of 10 parcels owned by two private land owners are crossed. This route <br />segment also contains private land parcels planned for potential acquisition or establishment of <br />conservation easements as part of the Integrated Plan. Route Segment NNR-4 is located entirely in <br />Kittitas County. Zoning in Kittitas County is Forest and Range. No county zoning or land use regulations <br />are applicable on JBLM YTC. The route crosses Pacific Power’s Pomona-Wanapum 230 kV transmission <br />line twice. <br />The JBLM YTC training designation crossed by this route segment is TA-16 and it crosses the land use <br />Zone 4 - Bivouac Location. <br />No agricultural areas or PLSS sections containing CRP lands are crossed by Route Segment NNR-4. <br />Farmland of statewide importance is crossed for 0.2 mile and prime if irrigated land is crossed for 0.9 <br />mile. <br />Approximately 1.2 miles of Route Segment NNR-4o/NNR-4u crosses private land targeted for mitigation <br />acquisition to offset impacts from the proposed Wymer Dam and Reservoir Project. <br />3.4.4.14 Route Segment NNR-5 <br />The existing land use along this route segment is related to military activities. The JBLM YTC training <br />designation crossed by this route segment is TA-16. There are no residences within 500 or 1,000 feet of <br />this route segment. This route segment crosses only JBLM YTC administered land. The route segment is <br />located entirely in Kittitas County and no county zoning or land use regulations are applicable. The route <br />segment crosses Pacific Power’s Pomona-Wanapum 230 kV transmission line once.