Graham Landscape Planning Project Amendment (SNC 1289.1)
Summary
SCH Number
2024060309
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Graham Landscape Planning Project Amendment (SNC 1289.1)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/10/2024
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) will amend its grant agreement for funding to American Forests to partner with the United States Forest Service (USFS), Sierra National Forest, to complete archeological surveys across 2,800 non-contiguous acres within a larger 18,100-acre project area. These analyses will enable the USFS to complete a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis for a potential future 2,800-acre thinning and fuel-reduction project. The potential future treatments on these 2,800 acres are needed to reduce stand densities before potentially reintroducing beneficial fire to the larger 18,100-acre area. The SNC-funded project only consists of archeological surveys; there will be no ground or resource disturbance as part of this project.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
General Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
nearby communities are The Pines, Whisky Falls
Counties
Madera
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Sierra National Forest, Bass Lake Ranger District, northeast of Bass Lake. Along the east and west sides of Central Camp Road. Project center at approximately 37.358093, -119.488695.
Other Information
No communities within the planning area; nearby communities include The Pines, which is west of the project area, and Whisky Falls to the South.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Pub. Resources Code, section 21150; CEQA Guidelines, Section 15262, Feasibility and Planning Studies
Reasons for Exemption
The planning activities under this project are archaeological surveys towards the development of a potential future NEPA analysis considering a potential future fuel-reduction project. The potential future projects have not yet been approved, adopted, or funded. The planning and due diligence activities to be carried out as part of the project involve no ground or resource disturbance. The project is Statutorily Exempt under CEQA Guidelines, Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies as the project only involves planning studies for possible future actions, which the SNC Governing Board has not approved, adopted, or funded; there is no legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also Categorically Exempt under CEQA Guidelines, Section 15306 Information Collection because it consists of basic data collection and resource evaluation activities, which do not result in a disturbance to environmental resources. The proposed activities are for information gathering purposes and are part of a study leading to an action, which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15306, Information Collection
Reasons for Exemption
The planning activities under this project are archaeological surveys towards the development of a potential future NEPA analysis considering a potential future fuel-reduction project. The potential future projects have not yet been approved, adopted, or funded. The planning and due diligence activities to be carried out as part of the project involve no ground or resource disturbance. The project is Statutorily Exempt under CEQA Guidelines, Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies as the project only involves planning studies for possible future actions, which the SNC Governing Board has not approved, adopted, or funded; there is no legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also Categorically Exempt under CEQA Guidelines, Section 15306 Information Collection because it consists of basic data collection and resource evaluation activities, which do not result in a disturbance to environmental resources. The proposed activities are for information gathering purposes and are part of a study leading to an action, which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded.
County Clerk
Madera
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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