Frontier 5320891 – Plumas Telecommunications Cable Undergrounding (Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification No. PLU-43014-R2)
Summary
SCH Number
2023100316
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2
(CDFW)
Document Title
Frontier 5320891 – Plumas Telecommunications Cable Undergrounding (Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification No. PLU-43014-R2)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/12/2023
Document Description
The project consists of conducting Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) under twenty-eight (28) culvert crossings within the road prism of Old Haun Road to facilitate placement of a conduit for purposes of undergrounding telecommunications cable that was destroyed during the Dixie Fire.
Contact Information
Name
Robert Hosea
Agency Name
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH &WILDLIFE
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Plumas
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Located at multiple named and unnamed tributaries to Wolf Creek and the North Fork Feather River
Other Information
In the vicinity of Old Haun Road between Lake Almanor and Greenville
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Type – Class (2, 3, 4); California Code of Regulations, title 14, sections (15302c, 15303d, 15304f)
Reasons for Exemption
Class 2c because this project is for a replacement of an existing communication cable destroyed during the Dixie Fire. Class 3d because replacement of destroyed
telecommunications cables is through undergrounding rather than replacement above ground. Class 4f because Horizontal Directional Drilling is a form of trenching under waterways backfilled by conduit with minimal to no significant disturbance to the soil surface.
County Clerk
Plumas
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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