Baltimore Ravine Shaded Fuel Break
Summary
SCH Number
2024100397
Lead Agency
City of Auburn
Document Title
Baltimore Ravine Shaded Fuel Break
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Parcels within the Project area are zoned single family residential, two family residential, open space/conservation, agriculture residential, and agriculture residential – mining extraction (City of Auburn date unknown). 7.5 acres are maintained by Auburn Recreation District (ARD), and the area is regularly used for sports, swimming, and other forms of recreation. The rest of the Project area (204.5 acres) includes residential properties, event space, and undeveloped property. Property owners generally engage in small-scale animal husbandry, grazing, tree removal, fuels reduction, and utility installation and maintenance.
Document Description
The proposed Project would treat up to 212 acres incrementally as implementation funding becomes available. As of October 2024, the City of Auburn is holding implementation funding to treat 120 acres. Project treatments may include mastication, hand cutting, chipping and broadcasting of cut material, piling (by hand or with equipment) and burning of material, tree pruning, herbicide application, and prescribed grazing.
Contact Information
Name
Tia Klumpp
Agency Name
City of Auburn
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Auburn
Counties
Placer
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Baltimore Road, bordered by Interstate-80 and Auburn Folsom Road
Zip
95603
Total Acres
212
State Highways
Hwy 80
Railways
Union Pacific Rail Road
Township
12N
Range
8E
Section
15
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Other (Agricultural Residential, Open Space 212 acres )
Local Actions
Site Plan
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Energy, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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