Trabuco Ranger District Silverado Fuel Break Maintenance
Summary
SCH Number
2026080185
Public Agency
Orange County Fire Authority
Document Title
Trabuco Ranger District Silverado Fuel Break Maintenance
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/7/2026
Document Description
The project goals are to reduce wildfire risk to life, property, and natural resources while enhancing forest health and biodiversity. Project activities include manual and mechanical fuel reduction activities and fuelbreak maintenance. These efforts are designed to restore the fuelbreaks effectiveness, complimenting maintenance recently done on the Riverside County portion of the fuelbreak. The project will treat 262 acres of an existing fuelbreaks footprint. CAL FIRE has provided funding toward the implementation of this project via Grant #8GG23601.
Contact Information
Name
Scott Hatch
Agency Name
OCFA
Job Title
Wildland Resource Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Madi Killebrew
Agency Name
Irvine Ranch Conservancy
Job Title
Program Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
Unincorporated, Orange County
Counties
Orange
Regions
Southern California, Unincorporated
Other Location Info
Modjeska Canyon
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not apply to prescribed fire, thinning or fuel reduction projects undertaken on federal lands to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire that have been reviewed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) if the primary role of a state or local agency if providing funding or staffing for those projects. The proposed project was reviewed by the U.S. Forest Service under the Silverado Fuel Break Environmental Assessment (NEPA Project ID 12953) and the associated Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), issued in August 2013.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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