Boggs Mountain Waterline
Summary
SCH Number
2025070813
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Boggs Mountain Waterline
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/21/2025
Document Description
The project proposes installing a waterline to assist in vegetation control (prescribed burning). A 2,150-foot-long trench will be dug approximately 18 inches wide and 4 feet deep. The waterline will be installed beginning at State Highway 175 and Forestry Road intersection on state property and will travel south for approximately 2,000 feet before turning southwest for approximately 150 feet. All trenching is within an existing disturbed roadway, parking area, and existing helipad. The waterline will connect to an existing waterline at the intersection. All trenching will be backfilled. Project work will be conducted by CAL FIRE employees with an excavator (or similar) over the course of approximately 30 days.
Contact Information
Name
Christina Snow
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
Job Title
Senior Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Middletown, California
Counties
Lake
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
State Highway 175
Zip
95461
State Highways
State Highway 175
Waterways
Kelsey Creek and Houghton Creek
Township
11N
Range
8W
Section
2
Other Location Info
500 Forestry Road
Middletown, CA 95461
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 3 - Section 15303 New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures
Reasons for Exemption
This project fits under 15303 New Construction or Conversion of Small Structure: Class 3 (d) which includes new “water lines, sewage, electrical, gas, and other utility extensions The project activities would occur within previously developed areas. The
Department has concluded that no significant environmental impact would occur to aesthetics, agriculture and forestland or 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 or traffic, or to utilities and service systems. Documentation of the environmental review completed by the Department is kept on file at the Lake-Napa Unit HQ located at 1199 Big Tree Rd St Helena CA 94975.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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