San Bernardino National Forest Post-Fire Restoration and Forest Health Project
Summary
SCH Number
2022110417
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
San Bernardino National Forest Post-Fire Restoration and Forest Health Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/18/2022
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to the National Forest Foundation to conduct fuel reduction treatments, including thinning & piling, pruning, mastication, lop and scatter, invasive plant removal as well as pile and broadcast burning in San Bernardino National Forest. These treatments will reduce wildfire risks to local resources and community members, promote native plant and wildlife species, and improve forest health and 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
San Bernardino
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
San Bernardino National Forest: Mountaintop Ranger District, T1N, R1E, Sec. 13, 21-24 and 26; T1N, R2E, Sec. 19-21, 27-29 and 33-35; T1N, R3E, Sec. 8 and 20; T1S, R2E, Sec. 1-3. T2N, R3W, Sec. 5- 8, 18; and T2N, R4W, Sec. 13.
Front Country Ranger District, T1N, R1W, Sec. 21, 22, 27, 28, and 33.
San Jacinto Ranger District, T5S, R2E, Sec. 24; T5S, R3E, Sec. 15-17, 19-22, 28, 30-32; T6S, R2E, Sec. 13, 24, 25, and 36; T6S, R3E, Sec. 4-10, 15-36; T7S, R3E, Sec. 1-3, and 12; and T7S, R4E, Sec. 5-8, 17, and 18.
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 five NEPA documents: 1) Decision Memo – Lake Fire Restoration and Hazardous Tree Removal Project signed on 3/16/17; 2) Grass Valley Fire Restoration Project Environmental Assessment & Decision Notice/Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) signed on 9/30/19; 3) Thomas Mountain Fuels Reduction Project Environmental Assessment & Decision Notice/FONSI signed on 5/11/09; 4) Decision Memo – Cranston Fire Reforestation Project signed on 11/12/20; and 5) Angelus Oaks Understory Burn Project Environmental Assessment & Decision Notice/FONSI signed on 4/24/12.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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