California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 6 - Resources Agency › Chapter 3 - Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act › Article 1 - General › Section 15006 - Reducing Delay and Paperwork

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Public agencies should reduce delay and paperwork
					 by:
(a) Integrating the CEQA process
				  into early planning. (15004(c))
(b)
				  Ensuring the swift and fair resolution of lead agency disputes.
				  (15053)
(c) Identifying projects
				  which fit within categorical exemptions and are therefore exempt from CEQA
				  processing. (15300.4)
(d) Using
				  initial studies to identify significant environmental issues and to narrow the
				  scope of EIRs. (15063)
(e) Using a
				  negative declaration when a project not otherwise exempt will not have a
				  significant effect on the environment. (15070)
(f) Using a previously prepared EIR when it
				  adequately addresses the proposed project. (15153)
(g) Consulting with state and local
				  responsible agencies before and during preparation of an environmental impact
				  report so that the document will meet the needs of all the agencies which will
				  use it. (15083)
(h) Urging
				  applicants, either before or after the filing of an application, to revise
				  projects to eliminate possible significant effects on the environment, thereby
				  enabling the project to qualify for a negative declaration rather than an
				  environmental impact report. (15063(c)(2))
(i) Integrating CEQA requirements with other
				  environmental review and consulting requirements. (Public Resources Code
				  Section
				  21080.5)
(j) Eliminating duplication with federal
				  procedures by providing for joint preparation of environmental documents with
				  federal agencies and by adopting completed federal NEPA documents.
				  (15227)
(k) Emphasizing
				  consultation before an environmental impact report is prepared, rather than
				  submitting adversary comments on a completed document. (15082(b))
(l) Combining environmental documents with
				  other documents such as general plans. (15166)
(m) Eliminating repetitive discussions of the
				  same issues by using environmental impact reports on programs, policies, or
				  plans and tiering from reports of broad scope to those of narrower scope.
				  (15152)
(n) Reducing the length of
				  environmental impact reports by means such as setting appropriate page limits.
				  (15141)
(o) Preparing analytic
				  rather than encyclopedic environmental impact reports. (15142)
(p) Mentioning only briefly issues other than
				  significant ones in EIRs. (15143)
(q) Writing environmental impact reports in
				  plain language. (15140)
(r)
				  Following a clear format for environmental impact reports. (15120)
(s) Emphasizing the portions of the
				  environmental impact report that are useful to decision-makers and the public
				  and reducing emphasis on background material. (15143)
(t) Using incorporation by reference.
				  (15150)
(u) Making comments on
				  environmental impact reports as specific as possible. (15204)
1. New
					 section filed 7-13-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
					 29). For history of former section, see Register 80, No. 19.
2.
					 Editorial correction of 7-13-83 order redesignating effective date to 8-1-83
					 filed 7-14-83 (Register 83, No. 29).
3. Amendment of subsections
					 (g), (m) and (u) filed 1-30-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register
					 86, No. 5).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending 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
						21003
						and
						21083,
						Public Resources Code.