Decision Memo Completed

Chips Fire Pacific Gas and Electric Right of Way Salvage Timber Project

Plumas National Forest Plumas, California Mt. Hough Ranger District

Salvage felled hazard trees along nine miles (up to 250 acres) of PG&E right of way corridors on National Forest System land.

Location

Within the footprint of the Chips Fire perimeter, south of Lake Almanor, CA, between the unincorporated towns of Canyon Dam, CA and Belden, CA, and within the vicinity of Butt Valley Reservoir.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/30/2012
2
Comment Period
01/30/2013
3
Decision
07/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Chips Fire Pacific Gas and Electric Right of Way Salvage Timber ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/01/2013
ForestsPlumas National Forest
DistrictsMt. Hough Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT26N, R8E, sections 5-7, 18, 19, 30, and 31; T26N, R7E, sections 2, 11-13, 24, and 25; T27N, R8E: sections 28, 29, and 32; T27N, R7E: sections 27, 34, and 35 (Mt. Diablo Base Meridian)
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Special use management