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Categorical Exclusions 2017
A CX is a determination that a specific proposed action is consistent with a previously identified category of actions that normally do not have significant environmental impacts and therefore normally do not require preparation of an EIS. Individual proposed actions must satisfy several conditions to qualify. At Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance Officer approves application of CXs. The normal CX review process is 3 months depending on interagency consultation requirements.
December
PacifiCorp McNary Substation Interconnection (update to previous Categorical Exclusion issued on December 15, 2016)
(12/29/2017)
Fiber Leasing at Existing BPA Facilities – 2018 and 2019
(12/20/2017)
Tacoma to Covington No. 3 Access Road Maintenance Project
(12/18/2018)
McCullough Tap to Cowlitz-LaGrande Wood Pole Relocations
(12/11/2017)
Idaho Falls District Road Maintenance
(12/11/2017)
Sedro Wooly-Bellingham No.1 Impairment Removal
(12/11/2017)
Kalispell Maintenance Headquarters Upgrades
(12/11/2017)
Sprint Communication Equipment Upgrades NW Washington
(12/8/2017)
November
Demoss - Fossil Transmission Line Wood Pole Replacement Project
(11/27/2017)
Sprint Upgrades at Brockdale, Clear Creek, Cotton Mills, Covington Square, and Sea Tac Mall
(11/24/2017)
Tahkenitch-Reedsport Line Access Road Maintenance Project
(11/21/2017)
Property and Easement Acquisition, Flathead-Hot Springs and Kalispell-Kerr Transmission Lines
(11/20/2017)
John Day and McNary Substations Perimeter Security Upgrades
(11/20/2017)
Ravalli Curves Property Acquisition Funding
(11/17/2017)
Pearl-Marion Access Road Work at Miles
35/3 to 36/2 (11/12/2019)
Sand Creek II Property Acquisition Funding
(11/9/2017)
Beaver Lake III Property Acquisition Funding
(11/9/2017)
Deep River 4 Property Acquisition Funding and Stewardship Funding
(11/9/2017)
Holmes Ranch Property Pole Building Improvements
(11/6/2017)
October
Henry’s Lake Radio Site on Sawtell Peak
(10/31/2017)
Skamania PUD Reconductor
(10/30/2017)
Three Mile Dam Adult Holding and Spawning Facility Water Pipe Repair
(10/27/2017)
Eagle Creek Fire Emergency Transmission Line Maintenance and Repair
(10/25/2017)
FY18 Pasco District Wood Pole Replacements
(10/24/2017)
City of Vancouver Water Line Installation
(10/23/2017)
Santiam-Chemawa Line Rating Upgrade Project
(10/18/2017)
Meacham Creek – Bonifer Reach Stream Restoration Activities
(10/16/2017)
Albeni Falls-Sand Creek No. 1 Transmission Line Tap
(10/16/2017)
Chemawa-Salem No.1 & 2 Span 2/3 Guy Anchor Replacement
(10/16/2017)
Raver Maintenance Headquarters Enhancements
(10/13/2017)
MCI Metro Fiber Optic Cable Installation
(10/13/2017)
Santiam-Lyons UHV Xfmr No.1 Helicopter Tree Cutting Pilot Project
(10/10/2017)
North Bonneville-Ross Transmission Line Corridor Coaxial Cable Installation
(10/5/2017)
September
Emergency UHF Upgrade, Mount Spokane and Albeni Falls Radio Stations
(09/26/2017)
Covington Substation Sanitary Sewer Replacement
(09/25/2017)
Noxon-Libby No. 1 Span 14/4, 14/5, 17/4, and 21/1 Impairment Remedy
(09/20/2017)
Access Road Easement Acquisitions – 2017 through 2020
(09/18/2017)
Electronic Equipment and HVAC Replacement and Upgrades at Existing Buildings or Facilities through 2020
(09/15/2017)
Chief Joseph-Sickler No. 1 mile 45 access road improvement
(09/15/2017)
Olympia-Grand Coulee No. 1 mile 193 to mile 194 access road improvement
(09/15/2017)
Facility Safety, Security, and Energy Efficiency Improvement Activities through 2020
(09/15/2017)
City of Centralia—Salzer Valley Tap (Update to previous categorical exclusion issued on July 06, 2017)
(09/13/2017)
Troutdale-Blue Lake No. 1 230-kV Reconductor
(09/13/2017)
Big Eddy-Knight Impairment Remedy Project
(09/08/2017)
Bonneville-Hood River No. 1 Insulator Replacement & Hardware Installation Project
(09/07/2017)
DeMoss Substation Shunt Capacitor Addition
(09/07/2017)
Little Sweden Conservation Area Property Land Acquisition and Stewardship Funding
(09/07/2017)
Cerro Gordo Property Conservation Easement and Stewardship Funding
(09/07/2017)
Austin Hot Springs Conservation Area Property Land Acquisition and Stewardship Funding
(09/07/2017)
FY17 Wood Pole Replacements – Grand Coulee TLM
(09/06/2017)
Fairmount-Port Angeles No. 1 access road maintenance
(09/06/2017)
Access Road Acquisition, Hood River-The Dalles No. 1 115-kV Transmission Line
(09/05/2017)
Grand Coulee-Okanogan No. 2 transmission line and access road land rights acquisition
(09/05/2017)
Finn Rock Reach Property Conservation Easement and Stewardship Funding
(09/01/2017)
Sprint Springhill Antenna Installation
(09/01/2017)
August
Ashe-Marion #2 Emergency Re-conductor Project (195/3 - 199/4)
(08/29/2017)
Kalispel Hatchery Equipment Replacement Funding
(08/29/2017)
Hatwai Substation VHF Radio System Upgrade
(08/28/2017)
Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park Land Purchase and Easement Acquisition
(08/28/2017)
Moxee Substation PacifiCorp Line Retermination
(08/28/2017)
Walla Walla–Tucannon River Transmission Line Vibration Damper Installation
(08/25/2017)
Decatur Island Tap Project
(08/24/2017)
North Bonneville-Midway Transmission Line Corridor fence and gate installation
(08/24/2017)
Installation of Bird Flight Diverters on Transmission Lines Crossing Port of Vancouver, WA Property
(08/22/2017)
Umatilla Natural Production Monitoring and Evaluation
FY17
(08/22/2017)
Rohlfing Acclimation Pond Maintenance
(08/16/2017)
Monroe Substation Line Retermination
(08/16/2017)
Winthrop Tap to Twisp-Okanogan No. 1 Access Road Maintenance Project
(08/15/2017)
Paul-Allston #2 500kV Urgent Impairment Correction Structure
(08/15/2017)
Hood River Coop Service Line Wood Pole Replacement Structure 1/14
(08/15/2017)
Haystack Butte Analog Communications Site Retirement
(08/14/2017)
Slatt-John Day
Transmission Tower
3/1 Guardrail Installation
(08/11/2017)
Fairview-Bandon No. 1 Span 12/2 Impairment Remedy & Road Improvements
(08/11/2017)
Pierce County Jail Commercial HVAC Efficiency Pumping System Retrofit
(08/09/2017)
LURR 20170284 Clark Public Utilities Easement
(08/08/2017)
Hatchery Reform Research Funding
(08/01/2017)
July
Lexington-Longview No. 1 2/4 to 2/8 structures removal and rebuild project
(07/31/2017)
Acquisition of Sprint Communications Company’s (Sprint) Commercial Fiber Facilities at the Reston Substation
(07/26/2017)
Lynch Creek Counterpoise Installation
(07/25/2017)
Temporary Propane Tank Installation at Easton Communication Site
(07/24/2017)
FY 2018–2019 Proposed Power and Transmission Rate Adjustments (BP-18)
(07/24/2017)
McNary-Ross Access Road Culvert Replacement
(07/21/2017)
Lyle Falls Fishway Support Building
(07/18/2017)
Water Tank Removal and Filtration System Installation at Sno-King Substation’s Control House
(07/14/2017)
Eugene District, North Bend TLM, 2017 Priority Wood Pole Replacements
(07/14/2017)
Sandpoint Maintenance Building Demolition
(07/12/2017)
LURR 20170334 Clark Public Utilities Wood Pole Replacement on North Bonneville-Ross Transmission Line Right-of-Way
(07/11/2017)
Ross District, 2017 Priority Wood Pole Replacements
(07/11/2017)
City of Centralia - Salzer Valley Tap
(07/07/2017)
Interconnection Request at Ponderosa Substation
(07/05/2017)
Klickitat Basin Salmonid Monitoring and Evaluation Program
(07/05/2017
Bell Substation Septic System Replacement
(07/03/2017)
Ponderosa Substation Fiber Optic Cable Installation
(07/03/2017)
June
LURR 20170253 Lower Columbia Estuary Partners’ Hamilton Creek Restoration Project Access Road Use – North Bonneville-Ross No. 1 and North Bonneville-Troutdale No. 1 Corridor
(06/30/2017)
John Day-Big Eddy No. 1 500-kV Transmission Conductor Replacement and Access Road Repair Project
(06/29/2017)
LURR 20160152 Clark Public Utilities Underground Conduit Installation on North Bonneville-Ross Transmission Line Right-of-way
(06/29/2017)
New Line Terminal at Troutdale Substation
(06/27/2017)
Melvin R. Sampson Hatchery Well Drilling
(06/27/2017)
Equipment Replacements at Ashe, First Street and White Bluffs Substations
(06/26/2017)
2017 BPA/DNR Culvert Replacement: Monroe – Custer No.1
(06/20/2017)
Snohomish 2017 Priority Pole Replacements Phase 2
(06/19/2017)
Eugene District, Alvey TLM, 2017 Priority Wood Pole Replacements
(06/16/2017)
Pasco and Dalles VHF Radio Regions System Upgrades
(06/15/2017)
LURR 20160401 LSN Fiber Installation at Slatt Substation
(06/14/2017)
FY17 Wood Pole Replacements – Spokane District (WA and ID)
(06/13/2017)
Calispell Creek III Acquisition Funding
(06/12/2017)
Harkens Lake South Access Property Conservation Easement and Stewardship Funding
(06/07/2017)
Steel Lattice Transmission Tower Inspection, Repair, and Treatment Project
(06/06/2017)
Keeler-Oregon City #2 and St. Johns-Keeler #2 (Bethany Lake) Realignment
(06/05/2017)
Franklin-Badger Canyon #2, McNary-Roundup #1, Roundup-La Grande #1, and White Bluffs-Richland #1 Wood Pole Replacement
(06/05/2017)
Courtney Creek Property Acquisition and Stewardship Funding
(06/02/2017)
Fossil Substation Shunt Reactive Addition
(06/02/2017)
Slatt Substation Expansion (Interconnection Request G0238-G0239)
(06/02/2017)
May
Snohomish Maintenance Headquarters Lighting Upgrades
(05/31/2017)
Idaho Falls District Road Maintenance Project
(05/31/2017)
John Day-Franklin Fiber Optic Replacement
(05/31/2017)
Ellensburg Substation Control House Demolition
(05/30/2017)
Spearfish Tap Maintenance
(05/26/2017)
Olympia District, Chehalis TLM, 2017 Priority Wood Pole Replacements
(05/25/2017)
Bald Mountain-Taft Substation Fiber Optic Cable Installation (update to previous
Categorical Exclusions issued on June 21, 2016 and July 19, 2016)
(05/23/2017)
Parkdale Fish Hatchery Support Building Construction
(05/22/2017)
Rock Creek Substation Expansion
(05/22/2017)
Malin Maintenance Headquarters Xeriscaping
(05/18/2017)
John Day Substation Equipment additions - AvanGrid 20 MW Solar Integration
(05/18/2017)
Decatur Island Shoreline Stabilization Project
(05/17/2017)
MCI Fiber Decommissioning at Alvey, Bandon, and Reston Substations
(05/16/2017)
Snohomish 2017 Priority Pole Replacement Project Phase 1
(05/15/2017)
Satsop-Aberdeen No. 2 and Aberdeen Tap to Satsop Park-Cosmopolis No. 1 Access Road Maintenance
(05/12/2017)
Napavine – Allston No. 1 Road Improvement Project
(05/05/2017)
April
Covington and Maple Valley Substations Perimeter Security Upgrades
(04/27/2017)
North Bonneville-Midway Impairment Corrections (Miles 108-138)
(04/27/2017)
Boyer-Tillamook No. 1: Replace Structures 33/18 & 33/19
(04/27/2017)
Grandview-Red Mountain No. 1 Pole Replacement Project
(04/26/2017)
Olympia District, Olympia TLM, 2017 Priority Wood Pole Replacements
(04/25/2017)
2017 Wood Pole Replacement and Access Road Maintenance within Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) Idaho Falls District
(04/25/2017)
Workplace Safety Improvements
(04/24/2017)
Ross-Lexington No. 1 Transmission Structure Inspections
(04/24/2017)
Granite Mountain Radio Station and Colville Substation Communication Upgrades
(04/21/2017)
Malin-Hilltop Access Road Maintenance
(04/20/2017)
Wautoma-Knight #1
Spacer Replacement, 15/3 to 20/2
(04/19/2017)
Alvey-Martin Creek No.1, Mile 23, Structure 6 Martin Creek Bridge Project (023-06-01)
(04/19/2017)
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Test Center Removal Project
(04/11/2017)
Pearl-Marion Transmission Tower 5/2 Emergency Bank Stabilization
(04/11/2017)
Midway-Rocky Ford Insulator Replacement, Mile 2 to Mile 35
(04/10/2017)
Marys Peak Radio Station Communication Battery Replacement
(04/10/2017)
Boyer-Tillamook #1 13/1 Emergency Structure Replacement
(04/05/2017)
)
Asset Transfer of Cheney and Four Lakes Taps
(04/03/2017)
LURR 20170145
City of Vancouver Sidewalk Easement—North Bonneville-Ross Transmission Line Corridor
(04/03/2017)
March
LURR20160152 and LURR20170089 Clark Public Utilities wood pole and Comcast cable installation on North Bonneville-Ross transmission line right-of-way
(03/30/2017)
Energy Northwest Distributed Energy Resources Agreement
(03/28/2017)
FY17 Wood Pole Replacements– Spokane District
(03/16/2017)
Tacoma-Raver 13/2 Impairment Remediation
(03/14/2017)
Snohomish-Boeing No. 9 Transmission Line Upgrade
(03/14/2017)
D Analog System Communication Equipment Removal (#WC)
(03/09/2017)
LURR20160225 Sewer Line Installation Across Keeler-Oregon City No. 2 and Oregon City-Stub C Rights-of-Way
(03/07/2017)
Okanogan Basin Monitoring & Evaluation Program Funding
(03/07/2017)
Kennewick Tap Upgrades
(03/06/2017)
Coyote Hills Radio Site, Redmond District, Access Road Maintenance Project
(03/03/2017)
Adel Radio Site, Redmond District, Access Road Maintenance Project
(03/03/2017)
February
LURR 20100511 Columbia Sportswear Parking Lot
(02/24/2017)
Agricultural Lease Renewal at Big Eddy Substation – LURR 20170028
(02/14/2017)
Kalispel Hatchery Pumphouse Improvements
(02/13/2017)
Monitoring and Evaluation Activities in Support of Abundance, Productivity, and Life History of Fifteenmile Creek Winter Steelhead
(02/08/2017)
Washington County Sidewalk Easements
(02/07/2017)
Astound Broadband Fiber Installation
(02/06/2017)
Raymond-Henkle St. Transmission Line Impairment Rectification
(02/06/2017)
Driscoll-Naselle 21/2 Mile (Powerline Rd.) Access Road Maintenance Project
(02/02/2017)
Addy-Cusick No. 1 Mile 20 to 22 Access Road Reconstruction
(02/02/2017)
January
Ashe and White Bluffs Radio Antenna Replacements
(01/30/2017)
Underground Conductor Installation at John Day Substation LURR 20170137
(01/30/2017)
Longview Maintenance Building Demolition
(01/23/2017)
Driscoll-Astoria No. 1 Access Road Maintenance
(01/23/2017)
Troutdale Substation Upgrades and Maintenance Project
(01/23/2017)
North Bend Maintenance Headquarters Upgrades
(01/18/2017)
Elmo-Hot Springs Fiber Optic Cable Installation
(01/05/2017)
Coordinated Transmission Agreement with California Independent System Operator
(01/03/2017)
Spokane Tribal Hatchery Modernization
(01/03/2017)
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