Twofer Pillikin Fuels Reduction Project - SNC 1325
Summary
SCH Number
2021070334
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Twofer Pillikin Fuels Reduction Project - SNC 1325
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/16/2021
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for fuel reduction and thinning treatments on at least 1,300 acres of federal land within the Eldorado National Forest. The treatment area is classified as a Tier 2 High Fire-Threat District, a designation for extreme risk of destructive utility-associated wildfires, due to the presence of dense mixed conifer forest that proliferated after the Pilliken Fire (1973) and Cleveland Fire (1992). These fuel reduction treatments seek to establish and link fuel breaks on ridges, roads, and infrastructure across the Placerville and Pacific Ranger Districts of the Eldorado National Forest.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Ciotti
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated communities of White Hall, Kyburz, and Strawberry
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Ten treatment areas centered at approximately 38°44'41.18"N and 120°21'24.74"W
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
State code number: 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 Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for fuels reduction treatments on at least 1,300 acres of federal land within the Eldorado National Forest. The proposed activities were reviewed in their entirety under NEPA in the Twofer Fuels Reduction Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The Decision Notice and FONSI for the project was signed by the U.S. Forest Service on October 23, 2019.
County Clerk
El Dorado
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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