NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 1, Chapter 17
Fire Hazard Severity Zones, 2022
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN The Kern County Fire Department is providing notice, on behalf of The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM), of a scheduled hearing to consider the adoption of proposed regulations. The proposed regulations are required by Public Resources Code (PRC) Sections 4202- 4204, and is related to the classifying of lands in the State Responsibility Area into Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZs).
DATE: Thursday, January 19th, 2023
TIME: 10:00 AM
LOCATION: Golden Hills Community Service District
21415 Reeves St
Tehachapi, CA 93561
For information contact Andrew Freeborn (661) 330-0133
At the hearing, any person may present oral or written comments relevant to the proposed action. It is requested, but not required, that persons making oral comments also submit a written copy of their testimony at the hearing. Written comments for this proposed action will be accepted beginning December 16, 2022, through February 3, 2023. OSFM will consider only written comments received by the end of the written comment period (in addition to those written comments received at the public hearing).
Written comments may be submitted by U.S. mail to the following address:
Office of the State Fire Marshal
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection P.O. Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
Attn: Scott Witt, Deputy Chief
Written comments can also be hand delivered or sent by courier to the contact person listed in this notice at the following address:
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Office of the State Fire Marshal
C/O: Scott Witt
California Natural Resources Building
715 P Street, 9th floor Sacramento, CA 95818
Written comments may also be delivered via e-mail at the following address:
fhszcomments@fire.ca.gov
WRITTEN COMMENT PERIOD
Any person may submit written comments relevant to the proposed regulatory action to the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM). Written comments will be accepted beginning December 16, 2022, through February 3, 2023. OSFM will consider only written comments received by the end of the written comment period (in addition to those written comments received at the public hearing). OSFM requests, but does not require, that persons who submit written comments to CAL FIRE reference the title of the rulemaking proposal in their comments to facilitate accuracy and efficiency of review.
AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS
The Notice of Proposed Action, Initial Statement of Reasons, and Express Terms (TEXT) of Regulations, and any other materials concerning this rulemaking can be accessed at the following the Office of the State Fire Marshal websites:
https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/divisions/code-development-and-analysis/title-19-development/
under the tab titled: (FHSZ) Fire Hazard Severity Zones Classification in the State Responsibility Area
https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/divisions/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/wildfire- preparedness/fire-hazard-severity-zones/
