(RFFCP2022) WIP Capacity Subgrant - Butte County Collaborative Group (SNC 1710-RFFCP)
Summary
SCH Number
2024070793
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
(RFFCP2022) WIP Capacity Subgrant - Butte County Collaborative Group (SNC 1710-RFFCP)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/22/2024
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding to the Butte County Resource Conservation District for the Butte County Collaborative Group to engage in capacity building efforts to prioritize, develop, and identify future projects related to forest health and fire resiliency. The Butte County Collaborative Group will engage and collaborate with their local communities, regional partners, tribes, and stakeholders. The proposed activities will increase capacity to prioritize, develop, and to identify future projects, not yet identified. Tasks conducted under these activities would include but are not limited to engaging in project prioritization, partner engagement, grant writing, and planning forest health and fire protection projects through the coordination of the Butte County Collaborative Group. The project will provide GIS trainings, workshops, support and technical assistance focused on tribal entities in Butte County. The proposed project will develop monitoring and evaluation plans and protocols by engaging in Sierra Nevada Conservancy Monitoring Workshop Series and other collaborative activities. The project including working on the development of projects not yet identified along Deer Creek bordering Lassen National Forest in Butte and Tehama Counties. The project will complete pre-CEQA work for tribal projects including management plans, goals for traditional territories, and coordinated plans for shared land. The proposed project will evaluate and prioritize in conjunction with the development and submission of a project portfolio for Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s Regional Priority Plan.
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
Butte, Plumas, Tehama, Yuba
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
General communication, outreach, and planning activities across Counties of Butte, Tehama, Yuba and Plumas.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061, subd. (b)(3), PRC Section 21102 and CEQA 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, coordination of meetings and community engagement including engaging in project prioritization, partner engagement, grant writing, and planning for forest health and fire protection projects through the coordination of the Butte County Collaborative Group. 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 Clerks
Butte, Plumas, Tehama, Yuba
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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