Wildfire Fuel Reduction on State Route 134 - EA 5C200_015
Summary
SCH Number
2025010333
Public Agency
California Department of Transportation, District 7
(DOT)
Document Title
Wildfire Fuel Reduction on State Route 134 - EA 5C200_015
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/10/2025
Document Description
The Caltrans HQ Maintenance Office of Vegetation and Wildfire Management proposes a vegetation/fire fuel reduction project in response to the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan as implemented by the Governor’s Office in 2021. The proposed undertaking as detailed in this environmental document is valid only for the proposed undertaking on State Route 134 from post miles R8.60 to R11.40, in Los Angeles County. Vegetation/Fire Fuel Reduction activities are limited to areas within Caltrans right-of-way (ROW). No work is authorized beyond this established footprint to avoid impacts to sensitive resources. The scope of work primarily consists of brush removal, defined as grass removal; removal of trees less than ten inches (10”) in diameter as breast height (DBH) and less than twenty feet (20’) in height; slash; and tree/limb removal located up to eight feet (8’) in height. All work will be completed within operational State right-of-way (ROW), and no ROW acquisition or utility relocation are required.
Contact Information
Name
Doug Bei
Agency Name
California Department of Transportation
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Glendale
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
State Highways
LA-134 PM R8.6-R11.4
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 15304
Reasons for Exemption
Class 4. (i) Fuel management activities within 30 feet of structures to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation, provided that the activities will not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or significant erosion and sedimentation of surface waters. This exemption shall apply to fuel management activities within 100 feet of a structure if the public agency having fire protection responsibility
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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