Fire Adapted Portola Hills Project - Lawrence Slope
Summary
SCH Number
2024090188
Public Agency
Orange County Fire Authority
Document Title
Fire Adapted Portola Hills Project - Lawrence Slope
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/6/2024
Document Description
The Lawrence Brothers Estate proposes to remove 451 Mexican fan palms and 46 pine trees to reduce the fuel load and protect 2,192 homes within the adjacent Portola Hills neighborhood. The hazardous fuel will be removed from the perimeter slope to meet Orange County Fire Authority and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection standards for defensible space.
Contact Information
Name
Bethany Ross
Agency Name
California Sustainability Group
Job Title
President
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Name
Scott Hatch
Agency Name
Orange County Fire Authority
Job Title
Wildland Resource Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Unincorporated Orange County
Counties
Orange
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
19191 Lawrence Canyon
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4, Sec 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed fuel reduction project is consistent with CEQA Guidelines Categorical Exemption Class 4 in that the project will not take threatened, endangered, or rare species or cause sedimentation into surface waters. The project consists of a manipulated and exotic-dominated land cover type characterized primarily by pine trees and invasive Mexican fan palms and that is unlikely to support any threatened, endangered, or rare species. There are no state or federal jurisdictional areas and no surface waters, and therefore the project will not result in erosion or sedimentation into surface waters. In addition, the trees will be remove with hand tools and will be chipped and disposed of at a licensed green waste facility, making the project exempt from Cal Fire's cultural resources review.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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