Volcano Hills Community Fuel Break
Summary
SCH Number
2025101525
Public Agency
Amador Resource Conservation District
(ARCD)
Document Title
Volcano Hills Community Fuel Break
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/31/2025
Document Description
This project will construct a community fuel break on prominent ridges in the vicinity of the community of Volcano, located in central Amador County. The shaded fuel break will extend from Pioneer to Volcano.
The fuel break is a total of 7.5 miles ranging from 150'-400' wide depending on terrain. Using an average of 300' width, the estimated acreage is 270 acres. This fuel break would provide protection for approximately 2,065 habitable structures. This proposed fuel break will lie in strategically with the recently established Mitchell Mine Fuel Break (17- FP-AEU-1027) and the current fuel reduction program by the AFSC on BLM parcels funded by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC #1370).
The project will utilize a combination of treatments to reduce or remove incompatible vegetation within the fuel break. These treatments may include mechanical mastication, hand thinning and chipping, piling and burning, pruning, the application of herbicides, grazing, and/or other treatment methods. Ground fuels and brush will be masticated, and small conifer and hardwood trees will be thinned. Property owners included in the project have signed Right-of-Entry agreements to allow project work to be performed on their properties. The project has been flagged on the ground with flagging.
Contact Information
Name
Todd Bertwell
Agency Name
Amador Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Volcano and Pioneer
Counties
Amador
Regions
Unincorporated
Other Location Info
Sections 22-27, 36, TIN, A12E MDBM. Sections 29. 30 TIN R13E MDBM, Pine Grove and West Point USGS 7.5 minute quads
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14CCR§15304 Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
This project fits under the description for a Class 1 Categorical Exemption to CEQA. Amador RCD staff conducted an environmental review to confirm that no exceptions apply which would preclude the use of a Notice of Exemption for this project. The Amador RCD has concluded that no significant environmental impact would occur to aesthetics, agriculture and forestland/timberland, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, energy, 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, utilities and service systems, or wildfire. Documentation of the environmental review completed by the Amador RCD staff is kept on file at the Amador RCD office in Jackson, CA.
County Clerk
Amador
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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