Forestry Camp Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Summary
SCH Number
2023080529
Public Agency
Feather River Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Forestry Camp Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/22/2023
Document Description
The Claremont Fuels Reduction Project will reduce the risk of loss of life, property, and natural resources to wildfire on Plumas National Forest lands and implement strategic fuels reduction near the communities of Quincy, East Quincy, and Meadow Valley. The project will also engage in fuels reduction treatments including mechanical thinning, hand thinning, hand and machine piling, chipping, mastication, and prescribed fire to meet the desired conditions of resilient forest structure. The project will follow standard best management practices including protection of watercourses, wildlife habitat, cultural resources, and other natural resource protection.
Contact Information
Name
Michael Hall
Agency Name
Feather River Resource Conservation District
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Quincy
Counties
Plumas
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Zip
95971
Township
24N
Range
8E
Section
13-36
Other Location Info
South and East of Meadow Valley
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Public Resource Code Section 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA does not apply to prescribed fire, thinning, or fuel reduction projects undertaken on private 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 the NEPA through review of the project Decision Memos and supporting specialist's report by the Plumas National Forest, Mt. Hough Ranger District. The Decision Memo for the Claremont Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project was signed April 7th 2023.
County Clerk
Plumas
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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