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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 1 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Purpose and Need PAGE 1-13 1.7 PURPOSE AND NEED 1.7.1 Bureau of Land Management Purpose and Need Pacific Power has submitted a ROW application to construct, operate, and maintain a 230 kV transmission line across BLM managed public lands. The BLM’s action, processing the ROW application, is needed in order for the BLM to comply with applicable law governing applications for ROWs over public lands. The purpose of the BLM’s action is to grant, grant with conditions, or to deny the ROW application. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) provides that ROWs may be granted over public lands for systems of generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy (43 U.S.C. § 1761(a) (4)). BLM regulations found at 43 CFR Part 2800 govern BLM ROW grant applications and ROW content. Pursuant to 43 CFR Part 2801.2, it is BLM’s objective to grant ROWs in accordance with applicable BLM regulations and to control the use of ROWs on public lands in a manner that: 1. Protects the natural resources associated with public lands and adjacent lands, whether private or administered by a government entity; 2. Prevents unnecessary or undue degradation to public lands; 3. Promotes the use of ROWs in common considering engineering and technological compatibility, national security, and land use plans; and 4. Coordinates, to the fullest extent possible, all BLM actions under the regulations in this part with state and local governments, interested individuals, and appropriate quasi-public entities. Pursuant to 43 CFR Part 2805.10, the BLM may include in any ROW grant such terms, conditions, and stipulations, which are in the public interest. 1.7.2 U.S. Army Yakima Training Center Purpose and Need Pacific Power has submitted a ROW application to construct, operate, and maintain a 230 kV transmission line across JBLM YTC administered lands. The JBLM YTC action on this proposal would be to grant the use of Army-administered lands. The JBLM YTC need for action, to respond to Pacific Power’s ROW application, arises from Army Regulation 405-80, Management of Title and Granting Use of Real Property, October 1997 and 32 CFR Part 643. Army Regulation 405-80 identifies the process under which Army controlled real property can be made available for non-Army purposes to private parties (e.g., Pacific Power). 32 CFR Part 643 sets forth the authority, policy, responsibility and procedure for making military real estate under the control of the Army available for use by other military departments, federal agencies, state and local governmental agencies, private organizations, or individuals. 1.7.3 Bonneville Power Administration Purpose and Need Pacific Power has submitted a request to BPA to interconnect the proposed Project to the FCRTS at BPA’s existing Vantage Substation. BPA’s need for action, to respond to Pacific Power’s interconnection request, arises from the procedures and processes for transmission interconnection requests that implement BPA’s OATT. BPA will consider the following objectives or purposes in finalizing the agreement with Pacific Power to allow interconnection to the Vantage Substation.