City of Mt Shasta Wildfire Mitigation
Summary
SCH Number
2024020300
Public Agency
City of Mount Shasta
Document Title
City of Mt Shasta Wildfire Mitigation
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/8/2024
Document Description
The City of Mt Shasta Wildfire Mitigation project will reduce hazardous fuels on City owned property and maintained right-of-ways (ROW) within the City of Mt Shasta. City staff will implement this work. The small City of Mt Shasta currently provides limited wildfire mitigation to City maintained property, but the current work is not at the scale required for public safety and evacuation, due to overgrown conditions. This work will bring vegetation level to a manageable condition where ongoing maintenance by the City will be feasible. The project will remove involve wildfire fuels reduction by removal shaded fuelbreak and understory clearing for approximately 150 acres on the primary ROW and City owned property under execution by the City of Mt Shasta Fire Department.
Contact Information
Name
Jeff Mitchem
Agency Name
City of Mt Shasta
Job Title
Planning Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Mount Shasta
Counties
Siskiyou
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
citywide
Zip
96067
Total Acres
150
State Highways
I-5
Railways
Union Pacific
Airports
Dunsmuir
Schools
Mt Shasta High School
Waterways
Upper Sacramento
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15304 Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
The project involves the removal of vegetation for the purpose of fuel management. There are no facts or circumstances specific to this project that would support an exception to the categorical exemption.
County Clerk
Siskiyou
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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