The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Proposed Coyote Business Park
Umatilla County, Oregon

• PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

  
  CTUIR proposes to develop, build and manage a light industrial and commercial business park known as the Coyote Business Park. The proposed Coyote Business Park would be located on a 520-acre site south of Interstate 84 at Exit 216, and west of South Market Road, approximately seven miles east of Pendleton, Oregon on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The first phase of the proposed development would be construction of infrastructure for the Coyote Business Park, and would also involve the replacement of power support structures of the high-voltage Bonneville Power Administration line that crosses the site. The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is the lead agency, with Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR, a cooperating agency.
  
  

• CURRENT STATUS:

  
  The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) completed an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for this project (DOE/EIS-0371, September 2006). BPA was a cooperating agency on the EIS. The BIA completed and distributed its Record of Decision (ROD) (February 16, 2007).
  
  Bonneville Power Administration has prepared its Record of Decision (ROD) for the project. Its ROD only covers the BPA portion of the project related to its specific responsibilities. BPA has decided to implement its portion of the proposed action identified in the EIS. BPA will replace 10-12 wooden "H-frame" structures, each about 60 feet tall, on the portion of its Roundup-LaGrande transmission line that crosses the business park site. BPA will replace these structures with 7 to 9 steel poles and one lattice steel structure each about 110 feet tall. BPA will use its existing access road system to remove the old structures and install the new steel poles.
  
  

• CONTACT:

  
  For further information contact Jerry Lauer, (541) 278-3786 or cooperating agency lead Gene Lynard, Bonneville Power Administration - KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621, toll-free telephone 1-800-282-3713; direct phone number 503-230-3790, fax number 503-230-5699, email gplynard@bpa.gov
  
  

• DOCUMENTS:

  
  
  • ROD Cover Letter (29Kb pdf) (03/07/07)
  • ROD (25Kb pdf) (03/05/07)
  • BIA ROD (417Kb pdf) (02/16/07)
  • FEIS Public Letter (95Kb pdf) (09/15/06)
  • Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) (September, 2006)
    • Cover Page, Abstract (265Kb pdf)
    • Executive Summary (140Kb pdf)
    • Table of Contents, Acronyms (213Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 1: Introduction (187Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 2: Alternatives (2.7MB pdf)
    • Chapter 3: Existing Conditions and Environmental Consequences (5.6MB pdf)
    • Chapter 4: Irreversible or Irretrievable Commitments of Resources (80Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 5: Consultation and Coordination (79Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 6: Glossary (101Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 7: References (94Kb pdf)
    • Appendices (4.6MB pdf)
  • DEIS Public Letter (622Kb pdf) (12/16/05)
  • Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) (August, 2005)
    • Cover Page, Abstract (206Kb pdf)
    • Executive Summary (119Kb pdf)
    • Table of Contents (270Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 1: Introduction (187Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 2: Alternatives (2.2MB pdf)
    • Chapter 3: Existing Conditions and Environmental Consequences (5.5MB pdf)
    • Chapter 4: Irreversible or Irretrievable Commitments of Resources (78Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 5: Consultation and Coordination (78Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 6: Glossary (100Kb pdf)
    • Chapter 7: References (92Kb pdf)
    • Appendices (563Kb pdf)