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Environmental Assessment (EA)

Project Name:
Royal Slope Power Transmission Line Project
Responsible Agency:
Bureau of Reclamation
Status:
In Progress
POC Name:
Cianna Wyshnytzky
POC Title:
Project Manager, Columbia Pacific Northwest Regional Office
POC Email:
cwyshnytzky@usbr.gov

Description:

Reclamation plans to analyze the effects of authorizing the project by preparing an environmental assessment, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act.

Milestones:

Determination to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Issuance of a Draft EA / Release for Public Review (Agency Action)
  • Monthly Status Report for April 2026:
    Refining the draft Final EA.
  • Monthly Status Report for March 2026:
    Public comment period closed 3/6/2026. Now formulating responses to comments received and revising the EA.
  • Monthly Status Report for February 2026:
    Draft EA posted on 2/19/26. The 15-day public comment period closes 3/6/2026.
  • Monthly Status Report for January 2026:
    Internal review processes within the Department of the Interior continue to remain ongoing with regard to this project which has required enhanced coordination and affected the timeline for this project. The Permitting Council is working with Reclamation to ensure an alternative completion date is determined and represented on the permitting timetable as soon as possible.
  • Monthly Status Report for December 2025:
    Internal review processes within the Department of the Interior remain ongoing with regard to this project which has required enhanced coordination and affected the timeline for this project. The Permitting Council is working with Reclamation to ensure an alternative completion date is determined and represented on the permitting timetable as soon as possible.
  • Monthly Status Report for November 2025:
    Internal review processes within the Department of the Interior are ongoing with regard to this project which has required enhanced coordination and affected the timeline for this project. The Permitting Council is working with Reclamation to ensure an alternative completion date is determined and represented on the permitting timetable as soon as possible.
  • Non-conformance Explanation:
    The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) missed the October 15, 2025, milestone to publish the Draft Environmental Assessment. Per 42 U.S.C.§ 4370m-2(c)(2)(F), Reclamation is required to provide an alternative completion date and an initial explanation for the missed completion date by October 22, 2025. Reclamation has provided the initial explanation for the missed date, but has not yet provided the required alternative completion date. The Permitting Council is working with Reclamation to ensure an alternative completion date is determined and represented on the permitting timetable as soon as possible. Internal review processes within the Department of the Interior are occurring with regard to this project which has required enhanced coordination and affected the timeline for this project.
Alternative Completion Date:
Milestone Details

EA Posted: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/ea/wash/royalslope/index.html

Issuance of a Final EA (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
EA Process Concluded (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:


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