ER14 Fee-to-Trust

ER14 Fee-to-Trust

Signed FONSI. The Potter Valley Tribe (Tribe) submitted a request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to transfer three parcels (APNs 171-200-13, 171-200-15, and 171-210-12) (project site) into federal trust on behalf of the Tribe to be used for the future development of a hardware/camp retail store (Proposed Action). The project site is located in unincorporated Mendocino County along Eel River Road, four miles north of the town of Potter Valley and adjacent to the Eel River (see EA Section 1.1). Based upon the entire administrative record including analysis in a February 2022 Environmental Assessment (EA) and recent consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), the BIA makes a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the Proposed Action. This finding constitutes a determination that the Proposed Action is not a Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Therefore, in accordance with Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C § 4321 et seq., an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required.

Mendocino

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Commercial (Sq. Ft. 15000, Acres .72, Employees 10)

No local action - fee-to-trust federal action

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire