California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 6 - Resources Agency › Chapter 3 - Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act › Article 18 - Statutory Exemptions › Section 15282 - Other Statutory Exemptions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following is a list of existing statutory exemptions.
					 Each subdivision summarizes statutory exemptions found in the California Code.
					 Lead agencies are not to rely on the language contained in the summaries below
					 but must rely on the actual statutory language that creates the exemption. This
					 list is intended to assist lead agencies in finding them, but not as a
					 substitute for them. This section is merely a reference tool.
(a) The notification of discovery of Native
				  American burial sites as set forth in Section
				  5097.98(c)
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(b)
				  Specified prison facilities as set forth in Sections
				  21080.01,
				  21080.02,
				  21080.03
				  and
				  21080.07
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(c)
				  The lease or purchase of the rail right-of-way used for the San Francisco
				  Peninsula commute service between San Francisco and San Jose as set forth in
				  Section
				  21080.05
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(d)
				  Any activity or approval necessary for or incidental to project funding or
				  authorization for the expenditure of funds for the project, by the Rural
				  Economic Development Infrastructure Panel as set forth in Section
				  21080.08
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(e)
				  The conversion of an existing rental mobilehome park to a resident initiated
				  subdivision, cooperative, or condominium for mobilehomes as set forth in
				  Section
				  21080.8
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(f)
				  Settlements of title and boundary problems by the State Lands Commission and to
				  exchanges or leases in connection with those settlements as set forth in
				  Section
				  21080.11
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(g)
				  Any railroad grade separation project which eliminates an existing grade
				  crossing or which reconstructs an existing grade separation as set forth in
				  Section
				  21080.13
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(h)
				  The adoption of an ordinance regarding second units in a single-family or
				  multifamily residential zone by a city or county to implement the provisions of
				  Sections
				  65852.1
				  and
				  65852.2 of
				  the Government Code as set forth in Section
				  21080.17
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(i)
				  The closing of any public school or the transfer of students from that public
				  school to another school in which kindergarten or any grades 1 through 12 is
				  maintained as set forth in 21080.18 of the Public Resources Code.
(j) A project for restriping streets or
				  highways to relieve traffic congestion as set forth in Section
				  21080.19
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(k)
				  The installation of new pipeline or maintenance, repair, restoration, removal,
				  or demolition of an existing pipeline as set forth in Section
				  21080.21
				  of the Public Resources Code, as long as the project does not exceed one mile
				  in length.
(l) The activities and
				  approvals by a local government necessary for the preparation of general plan
				  amendments pursuant to Public Resources Code §
										29763
				  as set forth in Section
				  21080.22
				  of the Public Resources Code. Section
				  29763
				  of the Public Resources Code refers to local government amendments made for
				  consistency with the Delta Protection Commission's regional plan.
(m) Minor alterations to utilities made for
				  the purposes of complying with Sections
				  116410
				  and
				  116415
				  of the Health and Safety Code as set forth in Section
				  21080.26
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(n)
				  The adoption of an ordinance exempting a city or county from the provisions of
				  the Solar Shade Control Act as set forth in Section
				  25985
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(o)
				  The acquisition of land by the Department of Transportation if received or
				  acquired within a statewide or regional priority corridor designated pursuant
				  to Section
				  65081.3 of
				  the Government Code as set forth in Section
				  33911
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(p)
				  The adoption or amendment of a nondisposal facility element as set forth in
				  Section
				  41735
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(q)
				  Cooperative agreements for the development of Solid Waste Management Facilities
				  on Indian country as set forth in Section
				  44203(g)
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(r)
				  Determinations made regarding a city or county's regional housing needs as set
				  forth in Section
				  65584 of
				  the Government Code.
(s) Any action
				  necessary to bring a general plan or relevant mandatory element of the general
				  plan into compliance pursuant to a court order as set forth in Section
				  65759 of
				  the Government Code.
(t) Industrial
				  Development Authority activities as set forth in Section
				  91543 of
				  the Government Code.
(u) Temporary
				  changes in the point of diversion, place of use, of purpose of use due to a
				  transfer or exchange of water or water rights as set forth in Section
				  1729 of the
				  Water Code.
(v) The preparation and
				  adoption of Urban Water Management Plans pursuant to the provisions of Section
				  10652 of the
				  Water Code.
1. New
					 section filed 5-27-97; operative 5-27-97 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(d)
					 (Register 97, No. 22).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
					 first paragraph, repealing subsection (e), relettering subsections and amending
					 newly designated subsection (m) and NOTE filed 10-6-2005 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2005, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						21083,
						Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						5097.98(c),
						21080.01,
						21080.02,
						21080.03,
						21080.05,
						21080.07,
						21080.08,
						21080.8,
						21080.11,
						21080.13,
						21080.17,
						21080.18,
						21080.19,
						21080.21,
						21080.22,
						21080.26,
						25985,
						33911,
						41735
						and
						44203(g),
						Public Resources Code.