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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-171 3.7 TRANSPORTATION The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has determined that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) must analyze impacts for all Action Alternatives that were analyzed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS). As was done in the DEIS and SDEIS, this section describes the existing conditions (affected environment) and considers issues related to transportation resources along each Action Alternative, including those raised during scoping. This FEIS section combines the information presented in the January 2013 DEIS and the January 2015 SDEIS, and where appropriate, the information is updated to include newer information and address additional issues raised during review of the DEIS and SDEIS. This FEIS identifies the New Northern Route (NNR) Alternative – Overhead Design Option as the Environmentally Preferred Alternative and has selected the NNR Alternative – Overhead Design Option as the Agency Preferred Alternative. This section primarily considers highways, local roads, and access within the Project study area. Aviation facilities are described in Section 3.4 Land Jurisdiction and Land Use. The regional roadway network in and around the Project study area is managed by Grant County, Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). There are no Benton County-managed roads within the Project study area. There is also a network of improved, but unpaved roads managed by the BLM, Joint Base Lewis-McChord Yakima Training Center (JBLM YTC), and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) that provide access to and within their lands for various purposes. 3.7.1 Data Sources This section was prepared using information from a variety of federal, state, and local planning documents, including: • WSDOT State Transportation Improvement Program 2013-2016 • Grant County Public Works website, Current Construction 2013 • Grant County Comprehensive Plan 2006 • Grant County Comprehensive Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program 2015-2020 • Kittitas County Long-Range Transportation Plan 2008 • Kittitas County Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program 2015-2021 • Kittitas County Road Atlas 2012 • Yakima County Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program 2016 – 2021 • Yakima County Plan 2015 Volume I • Analysis of the Management Situation for the Eastern Washington and San Juan Resource Management Plan (BLM 2011a) • BLM 9113 Roads Manual (BLM 2011b) Additional policy and procedural guidance was obtained from the following sources: • Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended. • BLM Land Use Planning Handbook (H-1601-1) • BLM National Environmental Policy Act Handbook (H-1790-1). • Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 United States Code [U.S.C.] §1187). • Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation Manual • Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. § 403)