Ishi Conservation Camp Concrete and Asphalt Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024080145
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Ishi Conservation Camp Concrete and Asphalt Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/5/2024
Document Description
Ishi Conservation Camp is located at 30500 Plum Creek Rd, Paynes Creek, CA 96075. This project includes two components. The first portion will be to remove existing asphalt and replace with new asphalt along the roadway north of Plum Creek Bridge to the Conservation Camp (CC) entrance gate. The asphalt to be replaced is approximately 850 feet in length and is 0.5 acres. Once asphalt and base are removed, the subgrade will be scarified, moistened, and compacted before the placement of new base course. New asphalt will lay within the same footprint as the existing asphalt. The second portion will include the construction of two new concrete slabs near the southern edge of the facility. The two concrete slabs will approximately 10 feet by 140 feet (1200 sq ft) and 50 feet by 90 feet (2800 sq ft), respectively.
Contact Information
Name
Christina Snow
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Job Title
Senior Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Dawn Pedersen
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Job Title
Unit Forester
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Tehama
Regions
Northern California
Zip
96075
State Highways
State Highway 36
Waterways
Plum Creek
Township
28N
Range
1E
Section
5 and
Base
MDBM
Other Location Info
The project area is located at the Ishi Conservation Camp in eastern Tehama County. Ishi conservation Camp is approximately 1 mile south of the Town of Paynes Creek along the Plum Creek Road
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 2, Section 15302 - Replacement or Reconstruction and Class 4 Section 15304- Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
This project fits under portions of Section 15304, Class 4 Minor Alterations and Section 15302, Class 2 Replacement or Reconstruction because the change to the land will be minimal under this project. CALFIRE proposes to remove and replace existing failing asphalt in addition to constructing two concrete slabs. No other work is proposed.
Field review by CAL FIRE staff confirmed that no exceptions apply which would preclude the use of a Notice of Exemption for the proposed Ishi Concrete and Asphalt Project. The Department has concluded that no significant environmental impact would occur to aesthetics, agriculture, and forestland/timberland, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, energy, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use planning, mineral resources, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation/traffic, utilities and service systems or wildfire. Documentation on the environmental review completed by CAL FIRE is kept on file at CAL FIRE’s Tehama-Glenn Unit Headquarters. This Project as proposed would not expected to result in a significant impact on the environment.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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