Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
December 15, 2016Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is proposing to interconnect to its transmission system the new PacifiCorp (PAC)-financed power transmission project: Wallula (WA) to McNary (OR) 230 kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line (“Wallula to McNary”). BPA’s construction-related actions pertaining to the Wallula to McNary line would be limited to the portions in and around its McNary substation in Umatilla County, OR. Other elements, such as permitting six aerial crossings of BPA lines by the new PAC line, would be located in Umatilla County, OR and Walla Walla County, WA.