Modoc Line Rail Trail Planning - SNC1410-RT
Summary
SCH Number
2022120388
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Modoc Line Rail Trail Planning - SNC1410-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) to complete environmental planning, pre-construction engineering and designs, and permitting along 45.6 miles of the Modoc Line Rail Trail (MLRT). The trail roughly parallels US Highway 395 in Modoc and Lassen counties and is anchored in the small rural communities of Wendel in the south and Likely in the north. The Modoc Line Rail Trail Management Plan was finalized in 2012 after extensive public engagement. Since 2012, LLTT has prepared environmental clearances, completed improvements, and opened approximately 40 miles of trail for public use in three discontinuous sections along the 85.6-mile former railroad grade. This project will complete necessary planning to design the remaining 45.6 miles of trail. Specific activities include stakeholder outreach and meetings, condition inventories of trail infrastructure, pre-engineering design, and CEQA/NEPA resource surveys and analysis.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
Legal Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
between Wendel and Likely
Counties
Lassen, Modoc
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
45-mile rail trail paralleling US Highway 395 between the communities of Wendel in Lassen County and Likely in Modoc County.
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 categorial 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 categorial exemption.
County Clerks
Lassen, Modoc