CalFire Dozer Training in TUU
Summary
SCH Number
2009048052
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
CalFire Dozer Training in TUU
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/6/2009
Document Description
This project involves field training exercises for CalFire Heavy Equipment Operators (HFEOs) to improve proficiency for dozer operation, familiarization and fire preparedness. The students will remove the brush and grass to stimulate fire line construction. The training will be required for all HFEOs to sufficiently demonstrate safe bulldoze operations on each make/model of bulldoze that they would expected to operate. The training shall include loading and unloading, bulldozer winching, day and night operations with varying topography and fuel types, tandem operations, erosion control, fire suppression repair, and safety island construction. The training exercise will take place on approximately 200 acres of private property in the rural part of Tulare County. Minimal soil disturbance will occur. All watercourses will be given the same protection as in the California Forest Practice Rules. No activity will take place in the stream buffer zones and there will be no stream crossings constructed. No activity will take place on any steep pitches over 50% in slop or when soils are saturated.
Contact Information
Name
David Shy
Agency Name
Cal Fire
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Tulare
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4,7; Sec 15304,15307
Reasons for Exemption
The project involves only minor alterations to the existing conditions of the land and vegetation designed to establish a more natural vegetative condition with a reduced fire risk. The Unit Environmental Coordinator has completed a limited environmental review including consultations with the California Department of Fish and Game and the Department's Archaeologist. This review indicated that sensitive areas will be protected through avoidance, the project is exempt, and no special circumstances or sensitive areas will be affected. Documentation of the environmental review is on file at CalFire's Tulare Unit Headquarters in Visalia. No significant environmental impact is anticipated from this project.
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