Tiger Creek Fuel Break and Watershed Protection Project - South (SNC1200)
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2020060162
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Tiger Creek Fuel Break and Watershed Protection Project - South (SNC1200)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/11/2021
Document Description
Using Sierra Nevada Conservancy grant funding, the Amador Fire Safe Council will implement fuel reduction treatments on federal land under Bureau of Land Management (BLM) jurisdiction. Treatments will include at least 13 acres of hand thinning work to create a continuous fuelbreak system. The work is part of the larger Tiger Creek Fuel Break and Watershed Protection project, funded under SNC grant 1200. The treatments aim to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire to nearby communities, protect water quality, and increase forest resiliency. This phase of work was analyzed under a BLM NEPA Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the environmental consequences of implementing the Tiger Creek South Fuel Break Project (CA-180-12-57). The final Decision Record for the EA/Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was signed by the BLM on September 27, 2012.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Ciotti
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
West Point
Counties
Calaveras
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Western Calaveras County, 3.25 miles NW of the town of West Point on Bureau of Land Management property. Adjacent to the Tiger Creek Reservoir. Center of project approximately38°26'31.2"Nand 120°30'7.1994"W
Other Information
Northeast of Pioneer and Northwest of West Point
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Public Resources Code Section 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA does not apply to prescribed fire, thinning, or fuel reduction projects undertaken on federal lands to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire that have been reviewed under the NEPA if the primary role of a state or local agency is providing funding or staffing for those projects. The proposed activities were reviewed in their entirety under NEPA in the Tiger Creek South Fuel Break Project(CA-180-12-57)Environmental Assessment, Decision Record, and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The Decision Record/FONSI for the Tiger Creek South Fuel Break Project was signed by BLM on September27,2012.An earlier phase of the project was reviewed in its entirety in the Tiger Creek Fuels Reduction and Watershed Protection Project (DOI-BLM-CA-C080-2019-0017-EA)Environmental Assessment, Decision Record, and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The Decision Record/FONSI for the Tiger Creek Fuels Reduction and Watershed Protection Project was signed by BLM on August 22, 2019.
County Clerk
Calaveras
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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