Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to install new auto-sectionalizing equipment at switch B-169 near structure 14/1 on the 115-kilovolt (kV) Albeni Falls-Sand Creek No. 1 transmission line near Laclede, Bonner County, Idaho (Township 56 North, Range 3 West, Section 30).
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to fund routine operations and maintenance and habitat restoration activities on lands owned and managed by the Kalispel Tribe in Washington and Idaho to address the negative impacts to fish and wildlife species and habitats affected by the construction and operation of the Albeni Falls Dam.
BPA proposes to remove invasive Himalayan blackberry from the area surrounding artificial chum spawning channels at Hamilton Springs near North Bonneville, WA.
BPA proposes to sell the BPA Mountain Avenue Substation to the City of Ashland. The proposed activity would be to sell the BPA substation and the associated fee-owned substation property to the city. The City of Ashland would then operate the substation. BPA would retain easements for the substation including the tap line into the substation.
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is proposing to replace eight deteriorating wood pole structures and any associated hardware and guys at specific locations in BPA’s Olympia District. For all structures, the work would include removing the existing wood pole structures (and guy wires if present) and replacing them with in-kind in the same location.
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to allow Henkels and McCoy, the applicant, to install about 610 feet of new underground fiber optic cable and buried cable marking tape in the rights-of-way for three BPA transmission lines: Ross - Vancouver Shipyard No. 1, North Bonneville - Ross No. 1, and North Bonneville - Ross No. 2.
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to remove an existing 7-foot-tall chain-link fence surrounding the Tacoma Substation and replace it with a new 8-foot-tall chain-link fence (2,632 linear feet). Four (4) 4-foot-wide pedestrian gates, three 10-foot-wide gates, one 15-foot-wide double gate, and five 20-foot-wide double swing gates would also be installed.
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to fund the Yakama Nation (YN) to place large wood on the South Fork (SF) Manashtash Creek and Frost Meadows floodplain in Kittitas County in Washington.The proposed project would include the placement of large wood across the floodplain to create roughness and initiate the collection of finer sediments to raise elevations and produce a multi-channeled river system.
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to replace the wood pole structures located at 9/5 and 11/6 on the Martin Creek-Drain No.1 transmission line. During inspection, these two structures were found to have substantial defects that could result in risk to human safety and system reliability, and must be replaced.
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to fund the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MFWP) to replace an undersized culvert on McInernie Creek, a tributary of Hungry Horse Reservoir, approximately 15 miles southeast of Hungry Horse, Montana.