Decision Memo Completed

Oregon Hill Road Salvage

Plumas National Forest Yuba, California Feather River Ranger District

These dead, dying, and structurally damaged live trees present an imminent safety hazard and risk to forest visitors, employees, powerlines and facilities. The project includes the identification and removal of hazard trees by conventional methods.

Location

The roadside unit includes a 200 foot buffer off Oregon Hill (YC 129) and Peterson Ridge (19N09) Roads. The area also includes a short spur of a powerline corridor south of Oregon Hill Road.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/21/2016
2
Decision
11/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
11/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Salvage)
Oregon Hill Road SalvageDecision Signed Date: 11/03/2016
ForestsPlumas National Forest
DistrictsFeather River Ranger District
Legal Land Descriptionportions of Mount Diablo Meridian, California, T. 19N., R. 7E., sections 29, 32, 33, and 34; and T. 18N., R. 7E., sections3, 22, 23, and 26.
Forest productsFuels management