Department of Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
Federal Assistance Activities
Exclusion Text
*N11 Federal Assistance for Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Actions. Federal assistance for wildfire hazard mitigation actions involving the creation of defensible space or hazardous fuel reduction for up to 100 feet from at-risk structures including selective removal of vegetation less than 12 inches in diameter at breast height through thinning, pruning, limbing, sawing, or brush cutting and removal of downed, dead, or dry vegetation material as part of the overall action.
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