View 88 Fuels Reduction and Prescribed Fire Readiness Project (SNC #1214)
Summary
SCH Number
2020060166
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
View 88 Fuels Reduction and Prescribed Fire Readiness Project (SNC #1214)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/9/2020
Present Land Use
National Forest
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide $999,196.00 in funding for forest fuel reduction and prescribed fire preparation treatments on up to 600 acres of federal land in the Amador Ranger District of the Eldorado National Forest. The project aims to reduce surface fuels in strategic locations, prepare for the reintroduction of fire as a management tool, protect legacy trees, create and maintain a fuel break in the Wildland Urban Interface, maintain and enhance SR 88 for ingress/egress and tourism, and protect the water quality and supply of the Mokelumne, Cosumnes, and South Fork American Rivers.
Contact Information
Name
Jamie Sammut
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions (CHIPS)
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Coordinates
Cities
10 miles NE of Pioneer
Counties
Amador, El Dorado
Regions
Northern California
State Highways
Highway 88
Other Location Info
Eastern Amador County, along the border of El Dorado County on the Amador Ranger District of Eldorado National Forest. The project runs along Highway 88. Project center at approximately -120.298 and 38.555 degrees.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
PRC Section 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA does not apply to prescribed fire, thinning, or fuel reduction projects undertaken on federal lands to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire that have been reviewed under NEPA if the primary role of a state or local agency is providing funding or staffing for those projects. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for fuel reduction on up to 600 acres of federal land in the Eldorado National Forest. The proposed activities were reviewed in their entirety pursuant to NEPA, in the View 88 Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project EA and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), signed in 2011. In 2019, the Forest Service reviewed the NEPA analysis and certified that the EA and FONSI are still valid and adequately address the current site conditions and project activities.