Bureau of Land Management, “Case Mountain Forest Health Project”
Summary
SCH Number
2024120364
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Bureau of Land Management, “Case Mountain Forest Health Project”
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/10/2024
Document Description
CAL FIRE is providing funding to the Bureau of Land Management to conduct manual and mechanical fuel reduction treatments to maintain and improve the landscape while restoring areas heavily damaged by fire. Treatments include thinning, piling, pile burning, mastication, and removal or diseased, infested, or hazardous trees. These treatments will improve forest health, promote native plant and wildlife species, and improve forest resiliency while promoting long term carbon sequestration.
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
Tulare
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
621
Other Location Info
Portion of T17S, R29E 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, & 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 the Bakersfield Field Office Bureau of Land Management NEPA Case Mountain Vegetation and Forest Health Plan Environmental Assessment/Initial Study and Finding of No Significant Impact, signed August 31, 2018. NEPA coverage for this project is 1,632 acres, with initial treatments at 621 acres.
The NEPA record of project approval is available to the General Public at:
https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/94161/144811/178503/C060_2018_0030-EA_Case_Mountain_Vegetation_and_Forest_Health_Plan.pdf
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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