(RFFCP2022) Tribal Capacity Building Subgrant – Fort Bidwell Indian Community (#1732-RFFCP)
Summary
SCH Number
2026010744
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
(RFFCP2022) Tribal Capacity Building Subgrant – Fort Bidwell Indian Community (#1732-RFFCP)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/23/2026
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) will amend and augment grant agreement #1732 (RFFCP2022) Tribal Capacity Building Subgrant – Fort Bidwell Indian Community with the Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California (Grantee) to allow additional grant funds to be used for project planning and capacity building. The Grantee will work to build the Tribe’s internal capacity to generate critical wildfire prevention plans, including identifying and prioritizing areas most at risk from wildfire using data-informed assessments, Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping of high priority areas, permitting, and development of planning documents for environmental compliance in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. No potential future activities have been approved, adopted, or funded and do not have a legally binding effect on future activities. This amendment does not bind any party to a definite course of action prior to CEQA compliance for any future implementation project. The amendment involves no ground or resource disturbance.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
General Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Germain Ruvalcaba
Agency Name
Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California
Job Title
Chairman
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
No city, general outreach and planning activities only
Counties
Modoc
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
general communication, outreach, and planning activities in Modoc County
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061, subd. (b)(3) and Pub. Resources Section 21102 and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15262
Reasons for Exemption
These activities are exempt under the commonsense exemption under Section 15061, subd. (b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines which states that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This grant funding will support capacity building activities, project planning, GIS mapping and project development. They are early-stage planning activities; no specific projects have yet been identified, nor have they been approved, adopted, or funded. There will be no ground or resource disturbance. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. Additionally, the project would be statutorily exempt under CEQA Guidelines, section 15262 exempting feasibility and planning studies as the activity involves planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded. (See also Pub. Resources Code, sec. 21102.) Further, there is no legally binding effect on later activities.(Common Sense Exemption – CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061, subd. (b)(3) and Feasibility and Planning Studies under Pub. Resources Code, Section 21102 and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15262)
County Clerk
Modoc
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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