What is the process for defining or describing an easement for this transmission line?
Once BPA selects a route, the agency would contact the property owners directly affected and request permission to conduct land surveys on the property to establish the boundaries of the easement. Easement areas would be defined and described by a registered professional land surveyor. The land surveys, referred to as “metes and bounds†surveys, are specific descriptions of the exact measurements of the land needed for the new facilities.
Once BPA selects a route, the agency would contact the property owners directly affected and request permission to conduct land surveys on the property to establish the boundaries of the easement. Easement areas would be defined and described by a registered professional land surveyor. The land surveys, referred to as “metes and bounds” surveys, are specific descriptions of the exact measurements of the land needed for the new facilities.
