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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 <br />230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment <br /> PAGE 3-269 <br />3.12.4.16 Route Segment NNR-7 <br />The majority of the route segment consists primarily of intact sagebrush/perennial grassland (95 percent); <br />perennial grassland contributes less than one percent. In 2014, a 23,261-acre fire burned the majority of <br />Route Segment NNR-7. In addition, fire history data indicate that three small fires occurred within JBLM <br />YTC north of Route Segment NNR-7 in 2010. The majority of Route Segment NNR-7 is classified as <br />FRCC 2 (70 percent) and is within Fire Regime Group III (68 percent). <br />3.12.4.17 Route Segment NNR-8 <br />This short route segment is comprised primarily of intact sagebrush/perennial grassland (84 percent), <br />open water/canal (12 percent), and annual grassland (three percent). Fire history records indicate that the <br />23,261-acre fire that occurred in 2014 within JBLM YTC also burned a portion of Route Segment NNR- <br />8. The majority of Route Segment NNR-8 is classified as FRCC 2 (26 percent) and FRCC 3 (36 percent) <br />and is within Fire Regime Groups III (45 percent) and IV (42 percent). <br />3.12.4.18 Route Segment MR-1 <br />This route segment is comprised primarily of a mixture of sagebrush/perennial grassland (38 percent), <br />annual grassland (33 percent), agriculture (23 percent), and developed/disturbed/firebreak (four percent). <br />Fire data indicate that three fires have occurred near Route Segment Manastash Ridge (MR) 1. One fire <br />occurred within one mile of Route Segment MR-1 in 2010 on private land. The majority of Route <br />Segment MR-1 is classified as FRCC 2 (43 percent) and FRCC 3 (18 percent) and is within Fire Regime <br />Groups III (53 percent) and IV (46 percent).