Sugar Bowl Ski Team Academy Forest Fuels Reduction
Summary
SCH Number
2024081029
Public Agency
Truckee Fire Protection District
Document Title
Sugar Bowl Ski Team Academy Forest Fuels Reduction
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/26/2024
Document Description
The Project includes manual thinning and chipping on one acre of forestland owned by Sugar Bowl Corporation. The project will improve defensible space for existing facilities and developed private parcels surrounding the treatment area. The prescription includes manual thinning of dead and diseased trees less than 10" DBH. Residual material will be chipped into chip vans and transported offsite.
Contact Information
Name
Dillon Sheedy
Agency Name
Truckee Fire Protection District
Job Title
Forester #3175
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated Area
Counties
Placer
Regions
Northern California
Zip
95724
Total Acres
1
State Highways
Old 40
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Schools
Sugar Bowl Ski Team Academy
Waterways
Yuba River
Township
17N
Range
15E
Section
20
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
Sugar Bowl Road
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1,3 & 4: California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301(h), 15303 & 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(h), 15304 Section 15307. Pursuant to Section 15301(h) Class one consists of minor alterations of existing facilities and maintenance of existing landscaping and native growth, 15304, Class 4 consists of minor private alterations of vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees, Section 15307, Class 7 consists of actions by regulatory agencies as authorized by state law or local ordinance to assure the maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources. The project involves removal of an abundance of small diameter understory trees and brush species within 100 feet of habitable structures to reduce the vertical and horizontal continuity of forest fuels, to reduce wildfire intensity and severity, and comply with PRC 4291 and local ordinances. Field review by Truckee Fire Protection District Forester confirmed that fuel clearance in the project area is required to reduce hazardous fuel conditions adjacent to habitable structures for the safety of the public and emergency responders, and no exceptions apply which would preclude the use of a Notice of Exemption for this project. The project consists of minor treatments to vegetation in the form of hand thinning, mastication, mechanical tree removal, and chipping. The trees being removed are in a suppressed state and are not considered healthy. The activities do not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species, or sedimentation to surface waters. This project will not convert forestland to non-forest uses, and all treated vegetation will have the ability to grow back. The Truckee Fire Protection District has concluded that no significant environmental impact would occur to aesthetics, agriculture and forestland/timberland, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, 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 to wildfire. Documentation of the environmental review completed by the department is kept on file at Truckee Fire Protection District Station 91, located at 10049 Donner Pass Road in Truckee CA.
County Clerk
Placer
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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