Tahoe Program Timberland Environmental Impact Report
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019069054
Lead Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Tahoe Program Timberland Environmental Impact Report
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Multiple
Document Description
The project consists of a long-term wildfire fuels reduction program within the wild land urban Interface In the California portion of the Lake Tahoe basin. The project proposes numerous forest treatment activities to reduce the risk of wildfire including mechanical thinning, manual/hand thinning, prescribed broadcast burning, understory burning, pile burning, sale and transport of merchantable timber, and the transport and use of biomass for energy generation and wood pulp products. Herbicide treatment Is not proposed. See Notice of Preparation for additional details.
Contact Information
Name
Bill Solinsky
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Cities
Multiple
Counties
El Dorado, Placer
Cross Streets
Multiple
Total Acres
Approx. 25,000 a
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
US 50, SR89, SR 28, SR 2
Airports
Lake Tahoe Airport
Schools
multiple
Waterways
Lake Tahoe, Truckee River, and multiple streams
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan South Lake Tahoe Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Emergency Services, California, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (wildfire risk reduction program)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Energy
Attachments
Environmental Document
State Comments
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