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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-266 • Washington Best Management Practices Guidelines for Motorized Carriages (Fire Precaution Level III). • DNR Forest Fire Protection, Requirements for Operations on or Near Forest Land details Washington State’s forest fire protection requirements to help reduce the risk of wildfires caused by spark-emitting equipment and silvicultural burning on our near forest land (DNR 2013). • Washington Statewide Implementation Strategy was adopted by the State of Washington to provide a framework for an organized and coordinated approach to the implementation of the National Fire Plan, specifically the national “10-Year Comprehensive Strategy Implementation Plan.” Counties within Washington, with the assistance of state and federal agencies, will develop a risk assessment and mitigation plan to identify local vulnerabilities to wildland fire. • Grant, Kittitas, and Yakima counties Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans (CEMPs) provide a framework for mitigation efforts in response to large scale incidents or a combination of incidents in these counties. The CEMPs describe functions and activities necessary to implement the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery (Grant County 2012; Kittitas County 2012; Yakima County 2014). • Kittitas County Wildfire Protection Plan identifies wildfire response capability, educates homeowners to reduce the ignitability of structures, and evaluates critical infrastructure throughout the county. This plan also identifies areas prioritized for hazardous fuel reduction treatments on federal, state, and private land and builds on existing efforts to restore healthy forest conditions within the county (Kittitas County 2009). 3.12.4 Route Segment Specific Considerations This section summarizes recent fire history (1987 through 2015), Fire Regime Groups (reference conditions), FRCC (departure from reference conditions), and vegetation class (GAP, JBLM YTC, and POWER vegetation data) within the Project study area. 3.12.4.1 Route Segment 1a/NNR-1 No recent fires have occurred along Route Segment 1a/NNR-1. The most common vegetation types along Route Segment 1a/NNR-1 include annual grassland (68 percent), agriculture (11 percent), open water/canal (nine percent), sagebrush/perennial grassland (seven percent), and perennial grassland (three percent). The majority of Route Segment 1a/NNR-1 is classified as FRCC 2 (66 percent) and is within Fire Regime Group III (79 percent). 3.12.4.2 Route Segment 1b Route Segment 1b parallels an existing JBLM YTC fire break road. Several small fires have occurred along this route segment, primarily on the JBLM YTC. Vegetation along the fire break road is disturbed and dominated by non-native species including cheatgrass. The most common vegetation types for Route Segment 1b are annual grassland (46 percent), sagebrush/perennial grassland (26 percent), perennial grassland (21 percent), forb (three percent), and agriculture (three percent). Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) Ellensburg-Moxee No.1 115 kV line crosses this route segment. The majority of Route Segment 1b is classified as FRCC 2 (68 percent) and is within Fire Regime Group III (72 percent). 3.12.4.3 Route Segment 1c Route Segment 1c parallels Route Segment 1b for the majority of the route segment. Fire history and vegetation is similar to Route Segment 1b. The most common vegetation types in Route Segment 1c are annual grassland (48 percent), sagebrush/perennial grassland (23 percent), perennial grassland (18 percent), and agriculture (six percent). BPA’s Ellensburg-Moxee No.1 115 kV line crosses this route