(RFFCP2022) WIP Capacity Subgrant - Tuolumne County (1708-RFFCP)
Summary
SCH Number
2024070453
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
(RFFCP2022) WIP Capacity Subgrant - Tuolumne County (1708-RFFCP)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/11/2024
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding to the County of Tuolumne to collaborate with local communities, local tribes, regional partners, landowners and stakeholders to develop a priority plan to improve forest health and fire resiliency. The proposed activities will increase capacity to prioritize, develop, and to identify potential future projects, not yet identified. Tasks conducted under these activities would include creating a public-facing interactive platform to capture fuels reduction activities, landowner outreach, participating in training sessions, attending regional conferences, working to develop monitoring and evaluation plans, communicating and engaging with stakeholders, facilitating meetings, and the gathering of pertinent data and information for potential plan development. The purpose is to engage with the local community, stakeholders, and others to identify and prioritize potential future forest health and fire resiliency projects, along with creating a project monitoring plan that could potentially lead to improved forest health and fire resiliency, facilitate greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and increase carbon sequestration.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
General Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
None – feasibility planning project
Counties
Tuolumne
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
General communication, outreach, and planning activities across parts of Tuolumne County.
Other Information
The community of Sonora is within the project area.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Common Sense Exemption – CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061, subd. (b)(3); PRC Section 21102; Guidelines section 15262
Reasons for Exemption
These activities are exempt under the commonsense exemption under Section 15061,subd. (b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines which states that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This grant funding will support capacity building activities including engaging and partnering with landowners, creating an interactive platform to capture fuels reduction activities, facilitation of meetings, and community engagement as well as the gathering and sharing of data for early-stage planning and prioritization of currently unidentified, potential future projects related to forest health and fire resiliency. They are early-stage planning activities; no specific projects have yet been identified, nor have they been approved, adopted, or funded. There will be no ground or resource disturbance. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. Additionally, the project would be statutorily exempt under CEQA Guidelines, section 15262 exempting feasibility and planning studies as the activity involves planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded. Further, there is no legally binding effect on later activities.
Common Sense Exemption – CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061, subd. (b)(3) and Feasibility and Planning Studies under Pub. Resources Code, Section 21102 and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15262.
County Clerk
Tuolumne
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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