SONOMA - NAPA BORDER RIDGELINE FUELBREAK
Summary
SCH Number
2023090257
Public Agency
Sonoma County
Document Title
SONOMA - NAPA BORDER RIDGELINE FUELBREAK
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/13/2023
Document Description
The County of Sonoma proposes to fund fuel reduction along a 1.2 mile section of Cavedale Road which connects two critical community assets: Fire Station 9, 4601 Cave dale Road (housing two engines and two cement, 11,000-gallon water tanks) and Fire Station 81 located at the corner of Trinity and Cavedale Road.
Fuel reduction work will encompass the removal or pruning of dead, dying, or hazardous trees. The project grant also entails understory fuel reduction that will occur to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation in the project area. Vegetation and trees to be removed will be cut at grade, with stumps remaining in place. Heavy equipment will remain along the road prism, and no ground disturbing activities will occur. A fuel reduction prescription has been developed by a Registered Professional Forester. Slash and debris will be disposed of onsite via mulching or lop and scatter.
Contact Information
Name
Robert Aguero
Agency Name
Permit Sonoma
Job Title
Senior Environmental Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Glen Ellen
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Countywide
Zip
95442
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15304(i) Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA} Guidelines Sections, Section 15304 (i) Minor Alteration to Land- Fuel management activities within 30 to 100 feet of structures to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation, provided that the activities will not result in the taking of
endangered, rare, or threatened plant or anima I species or significant erosion and sedimentation of surface waters. The understory fuel reduction is a minor a Iteration to land that involves fuel management activities within 30 to 100 feet of structures.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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