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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 3 - State Agencies, Boards and Commissions › Section 21108.

21108. (a) If a state agency approves or determines to carry out a project that is subject to this division, the state agency shall file a notice of determination with the Office of Planning and Research. The notice shall identify the person or persons in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 21065, as reflected in the agency’s record of proceedings, and indicate the determination of the state agency whether the project will, or will not, have a significant effect on the environment and shall indicate whether an environmental impact report has been prepared pursuant to this division.
(b) If a state agency determines that a project is not subject to this division pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 21080 and the state agency approves or determines to carry out the project, the state agency or the person specified in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 21065 may file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research. A notice filed pursuant to this subdivision shall identify the person or persons in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 21065, as reflected in the agency’s record of proceedings. A notice filed pursuant to this subdivision by a person specified in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 21065 shall have a certificate of determination attached to it issued by the state agency responsible for making the determination that the project is not subject to this division pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 21080. The certificate of determination may be in the form of a certified copy of an existing document or record of the state agency.
(c) A notice filed pursuant to this section shall be available for public inspection on the internet website of the Office of Planning and Research for not less than 12 months.
(d) A notice filed by a state agency pursuant to this section shall be filed electronically with the Office of Planning and Research. The state agency is not required to mail a printed copy of the notice to the Office of Planning and Research.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 28, Sec. 135. (SB 1380) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21150.

21150. State agencies, boards, and commissions, responsible for allocating state or federal funds on a project-by-project basis to local agencies for any project which may have a significant effect on the environment, shall require from the responsible local governmental agency a detailed statement setting forth the matters specified in Section 21100 prior to the allocation of any funds other than funds solely for projects involving only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved, adopted, or funded.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1154.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21151.

21151. (a) All local agencies shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on any project that they intend to carry out or approve which may have a significant effect on the environment. When a report is required by Section 65402 of the Government Code, the environmental impact report may be submitted as a part of that report.
(b) For purposes of this section, any significant effect on the environment shall be limited to substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse changes in physical conditions which exist within the area as defined in Section 21060.5.
(c) If a nonelected decisionmaking body of a local lead agency certifies an environmental impact report, approves a negative declaration or mitigated negative declaration, or determines that a project is not subject to this division, that certification, approval, or determination may be appealed to the agency’s elected decisionmaking body, if any.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1121, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21151.2.

21151.2. To promote the safety of pupils and comprehensive community planning the governing board of each school district before acquiring title to property for a new school site or for an addition to a present school site, shall give the planning commission having jurisdiction notice in writing of the proposed acquisition. The planning commission shall investigate the proposed site and within 30 days after receipt of the notice shall submit to the governing board a written report of the investigation and its recommendations concerning acquisition of the site.
The governing board shall not acquire title to the property until the report of the planning commission has been received. If the report does not favor the acquisition of the property for a school site, or for an addition to a present school site, the governing board of the school district shall not acquire title to the property until 30 days after the commission’s report is received.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 533.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21151.4.

21151.4. (a) An environmental impact report shall not be certified or a negative declaration shall not be approved for any project involving the construction or alteration of a facility within one-fourth of a mile of a school that might reasonably be anticipated to emit hazardous air emissions, or that would handle an extremely hazardous substance or a mixture containing extremely hazardous substances in a quantity equal to or greater than the state threshold quantity specified pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 25532 of the Health and Safety Code, that may pose a health or safety hazard to persons who would attend or would be employed at the school, unless both of the following occur:
(1) The lead agency preparing the environmental impact report or negative declaration has consulted with the school district having jurisdiction regarding the potential impact of the project on the school.
(2) The school district has been given written notification of the project not less than 30 days prior to the proposed certification of the environmental impact report or approval of the negative declaration.
(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Extremely hazardous substance” means an extremely hazardous substance as defined pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (i) of Section 25532 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) “Hazardous air emissions” means emissions into the ambient air of air contaminants that have been identified as a toxic air contaminant by the State Air Resources Board or by the air pollution control officer for the jurisdiction in which the project is located. As determined by the air pollution control officer, hazardous air emissions also means emissions into the ambient air of a substance identified in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 44321 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 69. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21151.5.

21151.5. (a) (1) For projects described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065, each local agency shall establish, by ordinance or resolution, time limits that do not exceed the following:
(A) One year for completing and certifying environmental impact reports.
(B) One hundred eighty days for completing and adopting negative declarations.
(2) The time limits specified in paragraph (1) shall apply only to those circumstances in which the local agency is the lead agency for a project. These ordinances or resolutions may establish different time limits for different types or classes of projects and different types of environmental impact reports, but all limits shall be measured from the date on which an application requesting approval of the project is received and accepted as complete by the local agency.
(3) No application for a project may be deemed incomplete for lack of a waiver of time periods prescribed by local ordinance or resolution.
(4) The ordinances or resolutions required by this section may provide for a reasonable extension of the time period in the event that compelling circumstances justify additional time and the project applicant consents thereto.
(b) If a draft environmental impact report, environmental impact report, or focused environmental impact report is prepared under a contract to a local agency, the contract shall be executed within 45 days from the date on which the local agency sends a notice of preparation pursuant to Section 21080.4. The local agency may take longer to execute the contract if the project applicant and the local agency mutually agree to an extension of the time limit provided by this subdivision.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 808, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21151.7.

21151.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lead agency shall prepare or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report for any open-pit mining operation that is subject to the permit requirements or reclamation plan requirements of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 2710) of Division 2) and utilizes a cyanide heap-leaching process for the purpose of producing gold or other metallic minerals.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1154, Sec. 5.5. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative April 7, 2003, pursuant to Stats. 2003, Ch. 3, Secs. 2 and 3. Note: Stats. 2003, Ch. 3 (effective April 7) repealed the condition in Stats. 2002, Ch. 1154, Sec. 8, which had prevented Ch. 1154 from becoming operative.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21151.9.

21151.9. Whenever a city or county determines that a project, as defined in Section 10912 of the Water Code, is subject to this division, it shall comply with Part 2.10 (commencing with Section 10910) of Division 6 of the Water Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 643, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21152.1.

21152.1. (a) When a local agency determines that a project is not subject to this division pursuant to Section 21159.22, 21159.23, or 21159.24, and it approves or determines to carry out that project, the local agency or the person specified in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 21065, shall file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research.
(b) All notices filed pursuant to this section shall be available for public inspection, and a list of these notices shall be posted on a weekly basis in the Office of Planning and Research. Each list shall remain posted for a period of 30 days.
(c) Failure to file the notice required by this section does not affect the validity of a project.
(d) Nothing in this section affects the time limitations contained in Section 21167.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 466, Sec. 8. (AB 1824) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21153.

21153. (a) Prior to completing an environmental impact report, every local lead agency shall consult with, and obtain comments from, each responsible agency, trustee agency, any public agency that has jurisdiction by law with respect to the project, and any city or county that borders on a city or county within which the project is located unless otherwise designated annually by agreement between the local lead agency and the city or county, and may consult with any person who has special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved. In the case of a project described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065, the local lead agency shall, upon the request of the project applicant, provide for early consultation to identify the range of actions, alternatives, mitigation measures, and significant effects to be analyzed in depth in the environmental impact report. The local lead agency may consult with persons identified by the project applicant who the applicant believes will be concerned with the environmental effects of the project and may consult with members of the public who have made written request to be consulted on the project. A request by the project applicant for early consultation shall be made not later than 30 days after the date that the determination required by Section 21080.1 was made with respect to the project. The local lead agency may charge and collect a fee from the project applicant in an amount that does not exceed the actual costs of the consultations.
(b) In the case of a project described in subdivision (a) of Section 21065, the lead agency may provide for early consultation to identify the range of actions, alternatives, mitigation measures, and significant effects to be analyzed in depth in the environmental impact report. At the request of the lead agency, the Office of Planning and Research shall ensure that each responsible agency, and any public agency that has jurisdiction by law with respect to the project, is notified regarding any early consultation.
(c) A responsible agency or other public agency shall only make substantive comments regarding those activities involved in a project that are within an area of expertise of the agency or that are required to be carried out or approved by the agency. Those comments shall be supported by specific documentation.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 744, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4 - Local Agencies › Section 21154.

21154. Whenever any state agency, board, or commission issues an order which requires a local agency to carry out a project which may have a significant effect on the environment, any environmental impact report which the local agency may prepare shall be limited to consideration of those factors and alternatives which will not conflict with such order.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1154.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.2 - Implementation of the Sustainable Communities Strategy › Section 21155.

21155. (a) This chapter applies only to a transit priority project that is consistent with the general use designation, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified for the project area in either a sustainable communities strategy or an alternative planning strategy, for which the State Air Resources Board, pursuant to subparagraph (H) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code, has accepted a metropolitan planning organization’s determination that the sustainable communities strategy or the alternative planning strategy would, if implemented, achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, a transit priority project shall (1) contain at least 50 percent residential use, based on total building square footage and, if the project contains between 26 percent and 50 percent nonresidential uses, a floor area ratio of not less than 0.75; (2) provide a minimum net density of at least 20 dwelling units per acre; and (3) be within one-half mile of a major transit stop or high-quality transit corridor included in a regional transportation plan. A major transit stop is as defined in Section 21064.3, except that, for purposes of this section, it also includes major transit stops that are included in the applicable regional transportation plan. For purposes of this section, a high-quality transit corridor means a corridor with fixed route bus service with service intervals no longer than 15 minutes during peak commute hours. A project shall be considered to be within one-half mile of a major transit stop or high-quality transit corridor if all parcels within the project have no more than 25 percent of their area farther than one-half mile from the stop or corridor and if not more than 10 percent of the residential units or 100 units, whichever is less, in the project are farther than one-half mile from the stop or corridor.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 728, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.2 - Implementation of the Sustainable Communities Strategy › Section 21155.3.

21155.3. (a) The legislative body of a local jurisdiction may adopt traffic mitigation measures that would apply to transit priority projects. These measures shall be adopted or amended after a public hearing and may include requirements for the installation of traffic control improvements, street or road improvements, and contributions to road improvement or transit funds, transit passes for future residents, or other measures that will avoid or mitigate the traffic impacts of those transit priority projects.
(b) (1) A transit priority project that is seeking a discretionary approval is not required to comply with any additional mitigation measures required by paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 21081, for the traffic impacts of that project on intersections, streets, highways, freeways, or mass transit, if the local jurisdiction issuing that discretionary approval has adopted traffic mitigation measures in accordance with this section.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not restrict the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt feasible mitigation measures with respect to the effects of a project on public health or on pedestrian or bicycle safety.
(c) The legislative body shall review its traffic mitigation measures and update them as needed at least every five years.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 728, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.2 - Implementation of the Sustainable Communities Strategy › Section 21155.4.

21155.4. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a residential, employment center, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 21099, or mixed-use development project, including any subdivision, or any zoning, change that meets all of the following criteria is exempt from the requirements of this division:
(1) The project is proposed within a transit priority area, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 21099.
(2) The project is undertaken to implement and is consistent with a specific plan for which an environmental impact report has been certified.
(3) The project is consistent with the general use designation, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified for the project area in either a sustainable communities strategy or an alternative planning strategy for which the State Air Resources Board, pursuant to subparagraph (H) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code, has accepted a metropolitan planning organization’s determination that the sustainable communities strategy or the alternative planning strategy would, if implemented, achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
(b) Further environmental review shall be conducted only if any of the events specified in Section 21166 have occurred.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 386, Sec. 6. (SB 743) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.3 - Housing Sustainability Districts › Section 21155.10.

21155.10. A lead agency shall prepare an environmental impact report when designating a housing sustainability district pursuant to Section 66201 of the Government Code to identify and mitigate, to the extent feasible, environmental impacts resulting from the designation. The environmental impact report shall identify mitigation measures that may be undertaken by housing projects in the housing sustainability district to mitigate the environmental impacts identified by the environmental impact report.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 371, Sec. 3. (AB 73) Effective January 1, 2018. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Stats. 2017, Ch. 371, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.3 - Housing Sustainability Districts › Section 21155.11.

21155.11. This division does not apply to a housing project undertaken in a housing sustainability district designated by a local government if all of the following are met:
(a) The lead agency has certified an environmental impact report for the housing sustainability district, and the Department of Housing and Community Development has approved the housing sustainability district pursuant to Section 66202 of the Government Code, within 10 years of the lead agency’s review of the housing project.
(b) The housing project meets the conditions specified in the designation for the housing sustainability district.
(c) The housing project is required to implement appropriate mitigation measures identified in the environmental impact report prepared pursuant to Section 21155.10 to mitigate environmental impacts identified by that environmental impact report.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 371, Sec. 3. (AB 73) Effective January 1, 2018. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Stats. 2017, Ch. 371, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Streamlined Environmental Review › ARTICLE 1 - Findings › Section 21156.

21156. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a master environmental impact report shall evaluate the cumulative impacts, growth inducing impacts, and irreversible significant effects on the environment of subsequent projects to the greatest extent feasible. The Legislature further intends that the environmental review of subsequent projects be substantially reduced to the extent that the project impacts have been reviewed and appropriate mitigation measures are set forth in a certified master environmental impact report.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1130, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Streamlined Environmental Review › ARTICLE 2 - Master Environmental Impact Report › Section 21157.1.

21157.1. The preparation and certification of a master environmental impact report, if prepared and certified consistent with this division, may allow for the limited review of subsequent projects that were described in the master environmental impact report as being within the scope of the report, in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) The lead agency for a subsequent project shall be the lead agency or any responsible agency identified in the master environmental impact report.
(b) The lead agency shall prepare an initial study on any proposed subsequent project. This initial study shall analyze whether the subsequent project may cause any significant effect on the environment that was not examined in the master environmental impact report and whether the subsequent project was described in the master environmental impact report as being within the scope of the report.
(c) If the lead agency, based on the initial study, determines that a proposed subsequent project will have no additional significant effect on the environment, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 21158, that was not identified in the master environmental impact report and that no new or additional mitigation measures or alternatives may be required, the lead agency shall make a written finding based upon the information contained in the initial study that the subsequent project is within the scope of the project covered by the master environmental impact report. No new environmental document nor findings pursuant to Section 21081 shall be required by this division. Prior to approving or carrying out the proposed subsequent project, the lead agency shall provide notice of this fact pursuant to Section 21092 and incorporate all feasible mitigation measures or feasible alternatives set forth in the master environmental impact report which are appropriate to the project. Whenever a lead agency approves or determines to carry out any subsequent project pursuant to this section, it shall file a notice pursuant to Section 21108 or 21152.
(d) Where a lead agency cannot make the findings required in subdivision (c), the lead agency shall prepare, pursuant to Section 21157.7, either a mitigated negative declaration or environmental impact report.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1294, Sec. 13. Effective October 1, 1994. Note: October 1, 1994, is the date that Ch. 1294 became law without the Governor's signature.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Streamlined Environmental Review › ARTICLE 2 - Master Environmental Impact Report › Section 21157.5.

21157.5. (a) A proposed mitigated negative declaration shall be prepared for any proposed subsequent project if both of the following occur:
(1) An initial study has identified potentially new or additional significant effects on the environment that were not analyzed in the master environmental impact report.
(2) Feasible mitigation measures or alternatives will be incorporated to revise the proposed subsequent project, before the negative declaration is released for public review, in order to avoid the effects or mitigate the effects to a point where clearly no significant effect on the environment will occur.
(b) If there is substantial evidence in light of the whole record before the lead agency that the proposed subsequent project may have a significant effect on the environment and a mitigated negative declaration is not prepared, the lead agency shall prepare an environmental impact report or a focused environmental impact report pursuant to Section 21158.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1130, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Streamlined Environmental Review › ARTICLE 2 - Master Environmental Impact Report › Section 21157.6.

21157.6. (a) The master environmental impact report shall not be used for the purposes of this chapter if either of the following has occurred:
(1) The certification of the master environmental impact report occurred more than five years prior to the filing of an application for the subsequent project.
(2) The filing of an application for the subsequent project occurs following the certification of the master environmental impact report, and the approval of a project that was not described in the master environmental impact report, may affect the adequacy of the environmental review in the master environmental impact report for any subsequent project.
(b) A master environmental impact report that was certified more than five years prior to the filing of an application for the subsequent project may be used for purposes of this chapter to review a subsequent project that was described in the master environmental impact report if the lead agency reviews the adequacy of the master environmental impact report and does either of the following:
(1) Finds that no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the master environmental impact report was certified or that no new information, which was not known and could not have been known at the time that the master environmental impact report was certified as complete, has become available.
(2) Prepares an initial study and, pursuant to the findings of the initial study, does either of the following:
(A) Certifies a subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report that has been either incorporated into the previously certified master environmental impact report or references any deletions, additions, or any other modifications to the previously certified master environmental impact report.
(B) Approves a mitigated negative declaration that addresses substantial changes that have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the master environmental impact report was certified or the new information that was not known and could not have been known at the time the master environmental impact report was certified.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 684, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Streamlined Environmental Review › ARTICLE 3 - Focused Environmental Impact Report › Section 21158.

21158. (a) A focused environmental impact report is an environmental impact report on a subsequent project identified in a master environmental impact report. A focused environmental impact report may be utilized only if the lead agency finds that the analysis in the master environmental impact report of cumulative impacts, growth inducing impacts, and irreversible significant effects on the environment is adequate for the subsequent project. The focused environmental impact report shall incorporate, by reference, the master environmental impact report and analyze only the subsequent project’s additional significant effects on the environment, as defined in subdivision (d), and any new or additional mitigation measures or alternatives that were not identified and analyzed by the master environmental impact report.
(b) The focused environmental impact report need not examine those effects which the lead agency finds were one of the following:
(1) Mitigated or avoided pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 21081 as a result of mitigation measures identified in the master environmental impact report which will be required as part of the approval of the subsequent project.
(2) Examined at a sufficient level of detail in the master environmental impact report to enable those significant environmental effects to be mitigated or avoided by specific revisions to the project, the imposition of conditions, or by other means in connection with the approval of the subsequent project.
(3) Subject to a finding pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 21081.
(c) A focused environmental impact report on any subsequent project shall analyze any significant effects on the environment where substantial new or additional information shows that the adverse environmental impact may be more significant than was described in the master environmental impact report. The substantial new or additional information may also show that mitigation measures or alternatives identified in the master environmental impact report, which were previously determined to be infeasible, are feasible and will avoid or reduce the significant effects on the environment of the subsequent project to a level of insignificance.
(d) For purposes of this chapter, “additional significant effects on the environment” are those project specific effects on the environment which were not addressed as significant effects on the environment in the master environmental impact report.
(e) Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit or abridge the ability of a lead agency to focus upon the issues that are ripe for decision at each level of environmental review, or to exclude duplicative analysis of environmental effects examined in previous environmental impact reports pursuant to Section 21093.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1294, Sec. 16. Effective October 1, 1994. Note: October 1, 1994, is the date that Ch. 1294 became law without the Governor's signature.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Streamlined Environmental Review › ARTICLE 3 - Focused Environmental Impact Report › Section 21158.1.

21158.1. When a lead agency is required to prepare an environmental impact report pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 21157.1 or is authorized to prepare a focused environmental impact report pursuant to Section 21158, the lead agency may not rely on subdivision (a) of Section 21080.5 for that purpose even though the lead agency’s regulatory program is otherwise certified in accordance with Section 21080.5.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 444, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Streamlined Environmental Review › ARTICLE 3 - Focused Environmental Impact Report › Section 21158.5.

21158.5. (a) Where a project consists of multiple-family residential development of not more than 100 units or a residential and commercial or retail mixed-use development of not more than 100,000 square feet which complies with all of the following, a focused environmental impact report shall be prepared, notwithstanding that the project was not identified in a master environmental impact report:
(1) Is consistent with a general plan, specific plan, community plan, or zoning ordinance for which an environmental impact report was prepared within five years of the certification of the focused environmental impact report.
(2) The lead agency cannot make the finding described in subdivision (c) of Section 21157.1, a negative declaration or mitigated negative declaration cannot be prepared pursuant to Section 21080, 21157.5, or 21158, and Section 21166 does not apply.
(3) Meets one or more of the following conditions:
(A) The parcel on which the project is to be developed is surrounded by immediately contiguous urban development.
(B) The parcel on which the project is to be developed has been previously developed with urban uses.
(C) The parcel on which the project is to be developed is within one-half mile of an existing rail transit station.
(b) A focused environmental impact report prepared pursuant to this section shall be limited to a discussion of potentially significant effects on the environment specific to the project, or which substantial new information shows will be more significant than described in the prior environmental impact report. No discussion shall be required of alternatives to the project, cumulative impacts of the project, or the growth inducing impacts of the project.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1130, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Streamlined Environmental Review › ARTICLE 4 - Expedited Environmental Review for Environmentally Mandated Projects › Section 21159.

21159. (a) An agency listed in Section 21159.4 shall perform, at the time of the adoption of a rule or regulation requiring the installation of pollution control equipment, or a performance standard or treatment requirement, including a rule or regulation that requires the installation of pollution control equipment or a performance standard or treatment requirement pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code), an environmental analysis of the reasonably foreseeable methods of compliance. In the preparation of this analysis, the agency may utilize numerical ranges or averages where specific data is not available; however, the agency shall not be required to engage in speculation or conjecture. The environmental analysis shall, at minimum, include all of the following:
(1) An analysis of the reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts of the methods of compliance.
(2) An analysis of reasonably foreseeable feasible mitigation measures.
(3) An analysis of reasonably foreseeable alternative means of compliance with the rule or regulation.
(4) For a rule or regulation that requires the installation of pollution control equipment adopted pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code), the analysis shall also include reasonably foreseeable greenhouse gas emission impacts of compliance with the rule or regulation.
(b) The preparation of an environmental impact report at the time of adopting a rule or regulation pursuant to this division shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this section.
(c) The environmental analysis shall take into account a reasonable range of environmental, economic, and technical factors, population and geographic areas, and specific sites.
(d) This section does not require the agency to conduct a project-level analysis.
(e) For purposes of this article, the term “performance standard” includes process or raw material changes or product reformulation.
(f) This section is not intended, and may not be used, to delay the adoption of any rule or regulation for which an analysis is required to be performed pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 195, Sec. 2. (AB 1846) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 13 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 4.5 - Streamlined Environmental Review › ARTICLE 4 - Expedited Environmental Review for Environmentally Mandated Projects › Section 21159.1.

21159.1. (a) A focused environmental impact report may be utilized if a project meets all of the following requirements:
(1) The project consists solely of the installation of either of the following:
(A) Pollution control equipment required by a rule or regulation of an agency listed in subdivision (a) of Section 21159.4 and other components necessary to complete the installation of that equipment.
(B) Pollution control equipment and other components necessary to complete the installation of that equipment that reduces greenhouse gases required by a rule or regulation of an agency listed in Section 21159.4 pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code).
(2) The agency certified an environmental impact report on the rule or regulation or reviewed it pursuant to a certified regulatory program, and, in either case, the review included an assessment of growth inducing impacts and cumulative impacts of, and alternatives to, the project.
(3) The environmental review required by paragraph (2) was completed within five years of certification of the focused environmental impact report.
(4) An environmental impact report is not required pursuant to Section 21166.
(b) The discussion of significant effects on the environment in the focused environmental impact report shall be limited to project-specific potentially significant effects on the environment of the project that were not discussed in the environmental analysis of the rule or regulation required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 21159. A discussion of growth-inducing impacts or cumulative impacts shall not be required in the focused environmental impact report, and the discussion of alternatives shall be limited to a discussion of alternative means of compliance, if any, with the rule or regulation.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 195, Sec. 3. (AB 1846) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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21159.2. (a) If a project consists solely of compliance with a performance standard or treatment requirement imposed by an agency listed in Section 21159.4, the lead agency for the compliance project shall, to the greatest extent feasible, utilize the environmental analysis required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 21159 in the preparation of a negative declaration, mitigated negative declaration, or environmental impact report on the compliance project or in otherwise fulfilling its responsibilities under this division. The use of numerical averages or ranges in an environmental analysis shall not relieve a lead agency of its obligations under this division to identify and evaluate the environmental effects of a compliance project.
(b) If the lead agency determines that an environmental impact report on the compliance project is required, the lead agency shall prepare an environmental impact report which addresses only the project-specific issues related to the compliance project or other issues that were not discussed in sufficient detail in the environmental analysis to enable the lead agency to fulfill its responsibilities under Section 21100 or 21151, as applicable. The mitigation measures imposed by the lead agency for the project shall relate only to the significant effects on the environment to be mitigated. The discussion of alternatives shall be limited to a discussion of alternative means of compliance, if any, with the rule or regulation.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1130, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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21159.3. In the preparation of any environmental impact report pursuant to Section 21159.1 or 21159.2, the following deadlines shall apply:
(a) A lead agency shall determine whether an environmental impact report should be prepared within 30 days of its determination that the application for the project is complete.
(b) If the environmental impact report will be prepared under contract to the lead agency pursuant to Section 21082.1, the lead agency shall issue a request for proposals for preparation of the environmental impact report as soon as it has enough information to prepare a request for proposals, and in any event, not later than 30 days after the time for response to the notice of preparation has expired. The contract shall be awarded within 30 days of the response date for the request for proposals.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1130, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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21159.4. (a) This article shall apply to all of the following agencies:
(1) The State Air Resources Board.
(2) A district as defined in Section 39025 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3) The State Water Resources Control Board.
(4) A California regional water quality control board.
(5) The Department of Toxic Substances Control.
(6) The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
(b) This article shall apply to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission for rules and regulations requiring the installation of pollution control equipment adopted pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code).
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 195, Sec. 4. (AB 1846) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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21159.9. The Office of Planning and Research shall implement a public assistance and information program to ensure efficient and effective implementation of this division and to do both of the following:
(a) Establish a public education and training program for planners, developers, and other interested parties to assist them in implementing this division.
(b) (1) Establish and maintain a database for the collection, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of environmental documents, notices of exemption, notices of preparation, notices of determination, and notices of completion provided to the Office of Planning and Research. The database shall be available online to the public through the Internet. The Office of Planning and Research may coordinate with another state agency to host and maintain the online database.
(2) The Office of Planning and Research may phase in the submission of electronic documents and use of the database by state and local public agencies.
(3) (A) Pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, the Office of Planning and Research shall, no later than July 1, 2017, submit to the Legislature a report describing how it plans to implement this subdivision, and shall provide an additional report to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2019, describing the status of the implementation of this subdivision.
(B) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this paragraph is inoperative on July 1, 2023.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 476, Sec. 3. (SB 122) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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21159.20. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Census-defined place” means a specific unincorporated land area within boundaries determined by the United States Census Bureau in the most recent decennial census.
(b) “Community-level environmental review” means either of the following:
(1) An environmental impact report certified on any of the following:
(A) A general plan.
(B) A revision or update to the general plan that includes at least the land use and circulation elements.
(C) An applicable community plan.
(D) An applicable specific plan.
(E) A housing element of the general plan, if the environmental impact report analyzed the environmental effects of the density of the proposed project.
(2) Pursuant to this division and the implementing guidelines adopted pursuant to this division that govern subsequent review following a program environmental impact report, or pursuant to Section 21157.1, 21157.5, or 21166, a negative declaration or mitigated negative declaration was adopted as a subsequent environmental review document, following and based upon an environmental impact report on any of the projects listed in subparagraphs (A), (C), or (D) of paragraph (1).
(c) “Low-income households” means households of persons and families of very low and low income, as defined in Sections 50093 and 50105 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) “Low- and moderate-income households” means households of persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1039, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2003.)