Bizz Johnson Trailhead Planning - SNC1463-RT
Summary
SCH Number
2022120386
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Bizz Johnson Trailhead Planning - SNC1463-RT
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/15/2022
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for the Lassen Land and Trails Trust (LLTT) for the Bizz Johnson Trailhead Planning project. Working in partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eagle Lake Field Office, the LLTT will complete designs, CEQA and NEPA environmental compliance analysis, permitting, and pre-construction engineering specifications to improve LLTT and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) properties serving as the primary gateway and visitor welcome center for the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail. The project will enhance the trailhead and old railroad depot building currently used as a visitor center at the eastern terminus of the Bizz Johnson Trail in the town of Susanville. The project will improve the Depot Visitor Center and BLM trailhead by completing a parking and drainage plan, a building reconstruction and restoration plan, a landscape plan, and CEQA and NEPA analyses to enable future implementation. The project area is approximately 9 acres in size and is located along Richmond Road and North Railroad Avenue (approximately 1 mile from Main Street) in Susanville, Lassen County, CA.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
Legal Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Susanville
Counties
Lassen
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
601 Richmond Road, Susanville, CA 96130
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies
Reasons for Exemption
The project is Statutorily Exempt under Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies as the project only involves planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded; there is no legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also categorically exempt under Section 15306 Information Collection (Class 6) because it consists of basic data collection and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a disturbance to environmental resources. The proposed activities are for information gathering purposes and are part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded. This project does not fall within any exceptions to the categorical exemption.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 6 Section 15306 Information Collection
Reasons for Exemption
The project is Statutorily Exempt under Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies as the project only involves planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded; there is no legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also categorically exempt under Section 15306 Information Collection (Class 6) because it consists of basic data collection and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a disturbance to environmental resources. The proposed activities are for information gathering purposes and are part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded. This project does not fall within any exceptions to the categorical exemption.
County Clerk
Lassen