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Barren Ridge Switching Station Expansion A POWER ENGINEERS, INC. BRRTP – VISUAL RESOURCES TECHNICAL REPORT APPENDIX F APPENDIX F ANA 032-153 (PER-02) BRRTP (May 2011) GF 115244 t c u Bureau of Land Management d u e t q uc A d Compatibility with Agency s e e u l Aq Management Objectives e s g le n e A g n Unknown s A o s L o L d Not Applicable n o c e S Visual Resource Management (VRM) Barren Ridge Unknown BLM VRM Class Switching ^_ Switching Station Component Station Reconductoring of Existing Expansion 230kV Transmission Line ^_ (Barren Ridge - Rinaldi) 1 Pine Tree Canyon Rd. 2 3 4 5 6 ?Ý A 7 California 8 City 9 California City Blvd. 10 Cache Creek 11 LADWP BARREN RIDGE RENEWABLE TRANSMISSION PROJECT 12 BLM Visual Resource Management Classes and Compatibility ! 13 0 1 2 3 4 Miles Date: 1 March 4, 2011 W:\111502_LADWP_Barren_RDG4\Apps\EIS\Chapter4\Visual\Visual_BLM_Compatibility_8x11.mxd ¯ 115244_Vis_BLM_Rev1_030411_KES t c u d u e t q uc ?m A d s e e qu l A e s Rancho g l e n e Seco A g n s A o s L o L d n co e S Barren Ridge Switching Station Expansion Pine Tree Canyon Rd. 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