SCH Number,Lead Agency Name,Lead Agency Title,Lead Agency Acronym,Document Title,Document Type,Received,Posted,Document Description,Document Portal URL,Project Title,Contact Full Name,Contact Authority,Contact Job Title,Contact Email Address,Contact Address 1,Contact Address 2,Contact City,Contact State,Contact Zip Code,Contact Phone Number,Location Coordinates,Cities,Counties,County Clerks,Location Cross Streets,Location Zip Code,Location Total Acres,Location Parcel Number,Location State Highways,Location Waterways,Location Airports,NOC Has Non Late Comment,NOC State Review Start Date,NOC State Review End Date,NOC Development Type,NOC Local Action,NOC Project Issues,NOC Local Review Start Date,NOC Local Review End Date,NOE Exempt Status,NOE Exempt Citation,NOE Reasons for Exemption,NOD Agency,NOD Approved By Lead Agency,NOD Approved Date,NOD Significant Environmental Impact,NOD Environmental Impact Report Prepared,NOD Negative Declaration Prepared,NOD Other Document Type,NOD Mitigation Measures,NOD Mitigation Reporting Or Monitoring Plan,NOD Statement Of Overriding Considerations Adopted,NOD Findings Made Pursuant,NOD Final EIR Available Location 2022100578,Tulare County,,,Sequoia National Forest and Forest Hazard Mitigation Project,NOE,10/26/2022,10/26/2022,"Tulare County and the USDA, Forest Service entered into a Master Stewardship Agreement for the Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument to achieve land management goals for the national forest; and meet local and rural community needs to mitigate hazards and improve watershed and forest health. The project's purpose is to improve overall forest and watershed health by reducing the dangers created by recent catastrophic wildfires and hazards to public safety in Tulare County. The project locations have widespread tree mortality hazards within national forest lands on critical transportation corridors and critical habitat. In 2020, the Castle Fire burned within the project. The next year, in 2021 the Windy Fire destroyed 97,000 acres, in the Project area. Both fires left very hazardous conditions for personnel, residents, and visitors accessing and traveling across the Sequoia National Forest. The fires also destroyed important habitat and environmental infrastructure. Due to the increased risks, California and Tulare County have proclaimed states of emergency for tree mortality paving the way for a united effort to implement full scale, immediate and aggressive measures to undertake efforts to remove dead or dying trees to restore forest and watershed health. New growth in the bum scars have created conditions for invasive species to root and a lack of defensible space to protect against the spread of wildfires across the landscape; thus, limiting protection of key environmental infrastructure as well as personnel, roadway travelers, and communities along the main access roads. Not only does this project mitigate safety hazards for forest personnel working on habitat restoration work, but it will also address evacuation route capacity, safety, and viability under a range of emergency scenarios.",https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/2022100578,Sequoia National Forest and Forest Hazard Mitigation Project,Hector Guerra,Tulare County Resource Management Agency,Chief Environmental Planner,hguerra@tularecounty.ca.gov,5961 South Mooney Blvd,,Visalia,CA,93277,5596247121,,,Tulare,Tulare,"County M216 (Redwood Drive), Forest Road 20S03 (Fox Farm Road). and Alder Drive",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Categorical Exemption,CEQA Guidelines Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities (c),"Also, this action is consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 Class I, Existing Facilities (c) Existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities through the application of CEQA Guidelines Section· 15300.4, Application by Public Agencies, whereby the County of Tulare Board of Supervisors adopted an exemption for the removal of trees or limbs which are dead or diseased or for traffic safety of the aforementioned facilities per the Tulare County Guidelines for the Implementation of California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, Section 300 (c)(5). Therefore, the application of CEQA Section 15301 and Tulare County Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA of 1970, Section 300 (c)(5) are applicable and appropriate for this proposed Project ",,,,,,,,,,,,