Lusardi Truck Trail Road Maintenance
Summary
SCH Number
2016018218
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Lusardi Truck Trail Road Maintenance
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/25/2016
Document Description
The project proposes performing annual road surface maintenance and repair, and limited road side brush removal, on 3.6 miles of the Lusardi Truck Trail, encompassing approximately 9 acres, located within a remote, sparsely populated area approximately 7 miles east, northeast of the Community of Valley Center in northern San Diego County. The Lusardi truck trail serves as ingress and egress for fire suppression and emergency response activities. This project will encompass typical tasks associated with dirt surface road maintenance consisting of road surface grading, filing of eroded ruts, repair of existing water drainage facilities, debris removal from existing culvert systems, removal of obstructions within the road such as rocks and fallen trees, and hand removal of selected shrub vegetation for a distance of 10 feet on both sides of the roadway, totaling approximately 4.5 acres, as necessary to facilitate maintenance work and provide safe emergency access during wildfire response. Species targeted for removal are Chamise, Ceanothus, and California Buckwheat; other isolated tall shrub species may be trimmed or removed to meet project objectives. Vegetation will be cut at or above surface level, all root structures and herbaceous surface vegetation will be left in place to prevent erosion. All cut vegetation will be chipped on site and chips spread to a maximum thickness of three inches. All ground disturbing activities (grader and dozer operations) will remain within the prism of the existing road. This environmental review shall be reassessed during the spring of 2020 to ensure environmental conditions remain unchanged.
Contact Information
Name
Pete Scully
Agency Name
Cal Fire
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
San Diego
State Highways
79
Township
10S
Range
2E
Section
31,6,8
Other Information
T: 11S
R:2E, 1E
S:12, 13,
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
S:15301,15304 C:1,4
Reasons for Exemption
This project is contained within the descriptions of two Categorical Exemptions listed in the CEQA Guidelines: Class 1 pertaining to repair and maintenance of existing facilities, and Class 4 pertaining to minor alterations to land. After completing an environmental analysis, the Department has determined this project will have no significant impact on the environment. This determination is based on field assessments, a CNDDB search, review of previous biological assessments, greenhouse gas emission calculations, and archaeological review completed by CAL FIRE Archaeological staff.
Field review by CAL FIRE Staff confirmed that no exceptions apply which would preclude the use of a Notice of Exemption for this project. The department has concluded that no significant environmental impact would occur to aesthetics, agriculture and forestland/timberland, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use planning, mineral resources, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation/traffic, or to utilities and service systems. Documentation of the environmental review completed by the Department is retained on file at CAL FIRE MVU Headquarters in El Cajon.
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