Caldor Forest and Community Restoration Project Sierra at Tahoe Reforestation
Summary
SCH Number
2025041329
Public Agency
El Dorado County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Caldor Forest and Community Restoration Project Sierra at Tahoe Reforestation
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/28/2025
Document Description
The proposed action would include implementation reforestation activities in accordance with the proposed action and design features presented in the NEPA EA for the Caldor Fire Restoration Project (see Appendices B and C of the NEPA EA; USFS 2025a). Work will occur in phases and in accordance with funding and authorization by the ENF.
Contact Information
Name
Mark Egbert
Agency Name
El Dorado Resource Conservation District
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Twin Bridges
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Hwy 50
Zip
95735
Total Acres
1500
State Highways
US Hwy 50
Township
11N
Range
17E
Section
10-13
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
The project is in eastern El Dorado County, California. The project site is located south of U.S. Highway 50, approximately 12 miles southwest of the City of South Lake Tahoe. The project site falls within Sections 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, and 24, Township 11N, Range 17E on the Echo Lake U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute quadrangle map, MDM. Refer to the overview map in Attachment A for the project’s location in the region.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
PRC Sec 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
Public Resources Code Section 4799.05(d)(1), as amended by Assembly Bill 211 (effective September 27, 2022) exempts from the requirements of CEQA prescribed fire, reforestation, habitat restoration, thinning, and fuel reduction projects, and other related activities included in the project description, including the issuance of permits or other approvals for those projects, undertaken in whole or in part, on federal lands to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire that have been reviewed under the federal National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) if the role of the state or local agency is to provide funding or staffing for those projects, or if the state or local agency is undertaking the projects pursuant to the federal Good Neighbor Authority (Public Law 113-79) or a stewardship agreement with the federal government entered into pursuant to Public Law 113-79.
The USFS has completed the NEPA process for the proposed project activities with approval of the EA/FONSI and Decision Notice on March 25, 2025 for the ENF Caldor Fire Restoration Project Phase 1 (USDA Forest Service 2025a, b). RCD is a special district of the State and is responsible for providing funding and/or staffing to implement various elements of the Caldor Fire Restoration Project Phase 1, which is being undertaken pursuant to the federal Good Neighbor Authority and/or a stewardship agreement with the USFS. RCD filed a CEQA Notice of Exemption (NOE) for these activities on April 22, 2025. The current proposed project is a subproject to the Caldor Fire Restoration Project Phase 1, and for which RCD is responsible for providing staffing to implement, and which is being undertaken pursuant to a stewardship agreement with the USFS. Therefore, the proposed project is authorized under the existing CEQA NOE and no further noticing or filing pursuant to CEQA is required.
County Clerk
El Dorado
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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