Alder Creek, 89 Wildland Urban Interface Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024120363
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Alder Creek, 89 Wildland Urban Interface Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/10/2024
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to the Truckee Fire Protection District (TFPD) to conduct fuels reduction treatments related to the Nevada and Placer County Cooperative Landscape Resilience Project. Manual and mechanical treatments will include removal of trees up to 12-inches diameter at breast height (dbh), followed by mastication of removed vegetation. The project is intended to: 1. achieve increased resiliency to the threat of wildfire to the town of Truckee and surrounding United States Forest Service (USFS) lands, 2. Enhance Highway 89’s value for ingress/egress for fire suppression and emergency response, and 3. provide ecosystem restoration by improving forest health and resilience to climate change.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Johnson
Agency Name
California Department of Foresty and Fire Protection
Job Title
Staff Chief
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
920
Other Location Info
Portions of T18N, R16E, Secs 4, 9, 10, 14-16, 21-23, 25-27, 29, 30, 32-35 MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
PRC 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA does not apply to fuel reduction, reforestation, and habitat restoration projects undertaken, in whole or in part, on federal lands to reduce the risk of high severity wildfire that have been reviewed under the NEPA, if the primary role of a state or local agency is providing funding or staffing for those projects. The proposed project was reviewed in its entirety under NEPA in the Alder Creek, 89 Wildland Urban Interface Project Categorical Exclusion; Wildfire Resilience, Section 605 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591d) (FSH 1909.15, 32.3(9)), signed July1, 2022. https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61628
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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