Central Ferry-Lower Monumental Transmission Line Project
Garfield, Columbia, and Walla Walla Counties, Washington

This project is affiliated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

• PROJECT PROPOSAL:

  BPA will build a new 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line from BPA's Central Ferry Substation, near the Port of Central Ferry in Garfield County, generally west through Garfield, Columbia, and Walla Walla counties to BPA's Lower Monumental Substation in Walla Walla County. The proposed line is needed to increase the electrical capacity of BPA's transmission system in response to requests for transmission service in this area.

  BPA is the lead agency for preparation of the EIS. In furtherance of existing cooperative agreements between BPA and the State of Washington, the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council also participated in preparation of the EIS. Among other things, this state agency assisted BPA in evaluating and identifying state interests.

• CURRENT STATUS:

  BPA will not begin preliminary construction activities (building access roads and a material yard, etc.) for the Central Ferry-Lower Monumental transmission line project in August 2011 as expected. At the request of several transmission customers, we are reviewing their current estimates for when their projects will require transmission service. Construction of the transmission line is still scheduled to begin next spring.

• CONTACT:

  For further information on this project, please contact:

  Tish Eaton, Environmental Coordinator, Bonneville Power Administration - KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208-3621; toll-free telephone 1-800-282-3713; direct telephone 503-230-3469; or e-mail tkeaton@bpa.gov.

  Theresa Berry, Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration - TEP-TPP-3, P.O. Box 61409, Vancouver, WA 98666-1409; toll-free telephone 1-800-282-3713; direct telephone 360-619-6313; or e-mail tmberry@bpa.gov.

• DOCUMENTS:

  ROD Public Letter (26Kb pdf) (03/18/11)
  Record of Decision with Mitigation Action Plan (98Kb pdf) (03/11/11)
  Final EIS Public Letter (31Kb pdf) (02/15/11)
  Final EIS (7.9MB pdf) (February 2011)
  Preferred Alternative Letter (27Kb pdf) (09/20/10)
  Preferred Alternative Map (214Kb pdf) (09/13/10)
  Draft EIS (13MB pdf) (July 2010)
  Draft EIS Public Letter (60Kb pdf) (06/29/10)
  Comment Form (36Kb pdf) (06/29/10)
  Project Scoping Summary Letter (29Kb pdf) (09/28/09)
  Updated Project Vicinity Map (218Kb pdf) (09/22/09)
  Project Factsheet (488Kb pdf) (07/23/09)
  Public Scoping Letter (33Kb pdf) (06/16/09)
  Comment Form (47Kb pdf) (06/16/09)
  Project Vicinity Map (253Kb pdf) (06/16/09)
  Notice of Intent (34Kb pdf) (06/09/09)