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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-244 Additionally, the following government agencies were contacted between 2011 and 2013 regarding cultural resource information that had not yet been submitted to the DAHP: • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) • Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) • U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) • Joint Base Lewis-McChord Yakima Training Center (JBLM YTC) • Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) • Grant County Public Utility District (PUD) • Washington Department of Natural Resources Other data sources were examined to determine whether certain classes of specially designated cultural resources existed within or near the Project study area. These included: • National Historic Landmarks. National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. The nearest NHL to the Project study area is the B Reactor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site near Richland in Benton County. • National Register of Historic Places. The National Register is the National Park Service’s official list of the nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. The National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources. • Washington Heritage Register. The Washington Heritage Register is an official listing of historically significant sites and properties found throughout the state. The list is maintained by the DAHP. The Yakama Nation Cultural Resources Program (YNCRP) conducted cultural resource surveys on federal land along some route segments. Updated survey results for Route Segments 1b, 3a, and 3c along Alternative D and Route Segments NNR-3, NNR-4, NNR-6, NNR-7, and NNR-8 along the NNR Alternative (Camuso and Lally 2014, Camuso and Lally 2015) have been incorporated into Section 3.11 where appropriate. The Cultural Resources Program of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (under contract with Pacific Power) collected oral histories and conducted a TCP study for the Project study area (Lally and Camuso 2011, Lally and Camuso 2013) and conducted a second study for the NNR Alternative and portions of Alternative D (Camuso and Lally 2014). Also, because the NNR Alternative lies within the traditional territory of the Moses Columbia Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation History and Archaeology Program (under contract with Pacific Power) conducted further TCP studies in the area and prepared a report (Oosahwee-Voss 2014). Locations of all recorded prehistoric and historic resources, including isolated finds, and of previously conducted cultural resource investigations within one mile of one or more of the Action Alternative route segment centerlines were entered into a geographic information system database. Over 2,750 cultural resources have been recorded within one mile of the centerline of each Action Alternative including the NNR Alternative (Camuso and Lally 2014). Only 190 of these are located within 250 feet of the centerlines. It is acknowledged that: • Cultural resource site boundaries are sometimes not well defined; and