Higgins Fire Station
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025091350
Lead Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Higgins Fire Station
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Undeveloped; C1-SC-SP-PD, OS-SC-SP, R3-SC-SP-PD/Residential, Open Space, and Neighborhood Commercial
Document Description
Construction of the new facility would include a 9,296 square foot (sf), two-engine fire station including an 18-bed barracks/3 bay apparatus building, 2,048 sf administration building, and an 816-sf storage building. Site development would include earthwork, drainage, stormwater system, roads, curbs and paving, gutters and sidewalks, a 2,000-gallon above ground fuel vault, fire suppression system, site lighting, hose drying rack, fencing, trash enclosure, flagpoles, bike racks, electric vehicle chargers, ground-mounted photovoltaic system, two 1,000-gallon propane tanks, fire sprinkler system, fire hydrant, backflow preventer, post indicator valve, fire department connection, 85 kW generator, and landscaping. Utilities would include connecting to the existing water main in Combie Road for potable, irrigation, and fire water, sewer connection to the existing manhole at Combie/W Hacienda intersection, electrical power, solar, LPG/natural gas, telephone, and radio. Depth of excavation is anticipated to be up to 3 feet.
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
Grass Valley
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Combie Road
Zip
95949
Total Acres
7.05
Parcel #
021-730-087
State Highways
State Highway 49
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
Bear River High School
Waterways
Lake of the Pines
Township
14N
Range
08E
Section
27
Base
MDMB
Other Location Info
23036 West Hacienda Drive, Grass Valley, CA 95949
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Other (CAL FIRE Fire Station (Public Facility))
Local Actions
Site Plan
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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