Greene Acres WUI Fuels Reduction Planning Grant
Summary
SCH Number
2023050070
Public Agency
Sierra County
Document Title
Greene Acres WUI Fuels Reduction Planning Grant
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/3/2023
Document Description
SNC Cat. 2 planning grant, prior to separate federal grant application for a joint/inter-agency fuels reduction project adjacent to the WUI Community of Greene Acres (Bassetts). Grant is for planning and NEPA/CEQA studies only. Future project under separate (federal) grant includes treatment of between 200-1000 ac. on USFS lands in the Tahoe National Forest to improve forest health, increase forest resiliency, and reduce risk of catastrophic wildfire to neighboring community.
Contact Information
Name
Brandon Pangman
Agency Name
Sierra County
Job Title
Assistant Director of Building & Planning
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Sierra
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
1000
Township
20N
Range
12E
Section
11, 12
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4 (14-CCR-15304); Class 7 (15307)
Reasons for Exemption
Grant funding for planning and environmental studies only, prior to subsequent (federal) grant needed to actually carry out the project-which will entail minor alterations to land and vegetation merely for forest treatment/fuels reduction adjacent to a community in the Wildland Urban Interface; and for increasing forest resiliency and the protection of water, timber, habitat, and other natural resources. Future project involves thinning, or fuel reduction, or related activities undertaken, in whole or in part, on federal lands to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire that has been reviewed under the federal National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.), and satisfies the requirement that the primary role of both the state and local agency is providing funding or staffing for this project.
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
PRC 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
Grant funding for planning and environmental studies only, prior to subsequent (federal) grant needed to actually carry out the project-which will entail minor alterations to land and vegetation merely for forest treatment/fuels reduction adjacent to a community in the Wildland Urban Interface; and for increasing forest resiliency and the protection of water, timber, habitat, and other natural resources. Future project involves thinning, or fuel reduction, or related activities undertaken, in whole or in part, on federal lands to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire that has been reviewed under the federal National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.), and satisfies the requirement that the primary role of both the state and local agency is providing funding or staffing for this project.
County Clerk
Sierra
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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