Rail Trail/Middle Creek Trail BLM Fuel Reduction Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021030330
Public Agency
Western Shasta Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Rail Trail/Middle Creek Trail BLM Fuel Reduction Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/12/2021
Document Description
The purpose of this project is to reduce hazardous fuel loads, particularly dead standing/down vegetation that resulted from 2018's Carr Fire. Fuels will be treated with a combination of hand cutting, piling, and burning, and mechanical treatments. Project beneficiaries will primarily be the users of these popular public trails that will have improved safety, aesthetics, and reduced fire danger. Fuel loads will be reduced 50-feet from the edges of these trails on both sides. Work along the Rail Trail will take place between the Heart Rate Hill Parking Lot and the Keswick Boat Ramp. Work along the Middle Creek Trail will take place between the Sacramento River Trail and the French Fry Trail Head in Old Shasta.
Contact Information
Name
Ross Perry
Agency Name
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project / Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Redding
Counties
Shasta
Regions
Unincorporated
Total Acres
74
Township
32N
Range
5W
Other Location Info
Sacramento River Rail Trail and Middle Creek Trail
Other Information
Rail Trail between Keswick Dam parking lot and Keswick Boat Ramp. Middle Creek Trail between Sacramento River Trail and Highway 299.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
AB-267
Reasons for Exemption
AB-267: Existing law, until January 1, 2023, exempts from the requirements of CEQA 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 federal National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as provided. This project has been reviewed under the National Environmental Policy Act by the US Bureau of Land Management:
NEPA# DOI-BLM-CA-9000-2018-0002-EA
Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment
HAZARD REMOVAL AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT
February 2019
County Clerk
Shasta
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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