South Tahoe Donner Fuel Reduction

Summary

SCH Number
2022090007
Public Agency
Truckee Fire Protection District
Document Title
South Tahoe Donner Fuel Reduction
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/1/2022
Document Description
The South Tahoe Donner Fuel Reduction Project, Funded by the Truckee Fire Protection District (TFPD) as part of the Measure T Community Grant program, is a fuel reduction project that includes hand thinning, mastication, and roadside/tracked chipping on an approximately 82-acre footprint. The project area is located on Tahoe Donner Association property, and is an integral part of the TFPD’s landscape fuel reduction strategy aimed at protecting the Truckee community and Wildland Urban Interface from future catastrophic wildfire events.

Contact Information

Name
Dillon Sheedy
Agency Name
Truckee Fire Protection District
Job Title
Forester
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
Truckee
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Ski Slope Way
Zip
96161
Total Acres
82
Jobs
8
Parcel #
018-010-010
State Highways
HWY 80
Schools
Truckee High School
Township
17N
Range
16E
Section
7, 8
Base
MDM

Notice of Exemption

Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4, California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15304. Pursuant to Section 15303, Class 4 consists of minor private alterations of vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees. The project involves removal of small diameter understory trees and brush species to reduce the vertical and horizontal continuity of forest fuels. The trees being removed are in a suppressed state and are not considered healthy. Field review by Truckee Fire Protection District staff confirmed that no exceptions apply which would preclude the use of a Notice of Exemption for this project. The project consists of minor treatments to land and vegetation in the form of hand thinning, chipping, and mastication. The activities do not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species, or sedimentation to surface waters. This project will not convert forestland to non-forest uses, and all treated vegetation will have the ability to grow back. The Truckee Fire Protection District has concluded that no significant environmental impact would occur to aesthetics, agriculture and forestland/timberland, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use planning, mineral resources, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation/traffic, utilities and service systems, or to wildfire.
County Clerk
Nevada

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