Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to utilize a helicopter-slung saw/grapple device (“heli-feller”) to remove the tops of approximately…
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
December 9, 2021Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to utilize a helicopter-slung saw/grapple device (“heli-feller”) to remove the tops of approximately 3,650 fire-damaged danger trees (Table 1) in inaccessible locations along the 230-kilovolt (kV) double-circuit Jones Canyon-Santiam No. 1 transmission line corridor from structure 120/5 to 131/3, and along the entire 3-mile-long 13.8-kV double-circuit Big Cliff-Detroit PH 1&2 No. 1 and No. 2 transmission line corridor.