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Umatilla planning commission denies UEC transmission‑line conditional use after heavy resident opposition
Summary
After several hours of public comment raising environmental, view‑preservation and routing concerns, the Umatilla Planning Commission voted to deny Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s conditional‑use request (CU‑2‑24) for a transmission line near Rio Senda and McNary refuge lands.
The Umatilla Planning Commission voted on Sept. 24, 2024, to deny Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s conditional‑use application (CU‑2‑24) for a proposed transmission line near the Rio Senda neighborhood and the McNary area. Commissioners cited unanswered questions about alternative routings, wildlife impacts and whether the findings fully reflected hundreds of pages of public comment.
The decision follows a staff report and applicant presentation, and more than two hours of public testimony. Staff told the commission that technical issues such as noise, wildfire mitigation and construction standards are regulated by state agencies or utilities (for example, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and utility commissions), but that the commission must apply local…
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