Butte County Fire Safe Council: Forest Health and Upper Watershed Resilience Grant – Doe Mill, Upper Ridge, Dean Road Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Projects
Summary
SCH Number
2022100435
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Butte County Fire Safe Council: Forest Health and Upper Watershed Resilience Grant – Doe Mill, Upper Ridge, Dean Road Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Projects
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/20/2022
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to the Butte County Fire Safe Council to conduct fuel reduction treatments, including thinning & piling, mastication, chipping and biomass removal as well as reforestation on BLM lands. These treatments will reduce wildfire risks to local resources and community members, promote native plant and wildlife species, and improve forest resiliency.
Contact Information
Name
Jamie Sammut
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Job Title
Staff Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Butte
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
T24N, R03E, Section 35, T23N, R03E, Section 35, T22N, R04E, Section 06 MDBM
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 fuel reduction, reforestation, & habitat restoration projects undertaken, in whole or in part, 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 project was reviewed in its entirety under three NEPA documents: 1) Butte Forest Thin Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact signed on 5/21/12 (DOI-BLM-CA-N060-2012-017); 2) Magalia Forest Health & Restoration Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact signed on 1/11/18 (DOI-BLM-CA-N060-2017-0008-EA); and 3) Camp Fire Salvage & Reforestation Categorical Exclusion (DOI-BLM-CAN060-2019-0028-CX) Decision Memo signed on 7/8/19.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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