Hog Flat Fuel Break Project

SCH Number: 2018072074
Lead Agency: Forestry and Fire Protection, Department of (Cal Fire)
Document Title: Hog Flat Fuel Break Project
Document Type: NEG - Negative Declaration
Received: 7/31/2018
Present Land Use: timber preserve for SPI Lands, state for they hwy 44 Caltrans ROW

Document Description: This project will be the maintenance of a 412 acre shaded fuel break adjacent to Hwy 44 in Lassen County. The project will consist of fuels reduction projects that will utilize fire crew brush cutting, pile burning, and broadcast prescribed fire. The fuels treatment mechanism that is most favored is broadcast prescribed fire. The project will consist of a series of small, low intensity prescribed burns conducted in cooperation with Sierra Pacific Industries and Caltrans. Individual burns will generally be single day events and less than 50 acres in size.

Contact Information: Tony Mediati
Cal Fire
P.O. Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
Phone : (916) 653-9446

Review Period Start: 7/31/2018
Review Period End: 8/29/2018
Development Type: Other (wildlife fuel reduction (shaded fuel break))
Project Issues: Aesthetic/Visual Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Water Quality Other Other Issues: GHG
Reviewing Agencies: California Department of Parks and Recreation California Highway Patrol Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 1 Department of Water Resources Native American Heritage Commission Office of Emergency Services, California Regional Water Quality Control Bd., Region 6 (So Lake Tahoe) Resources Agency State Lands Commission Caltrans, District 2