California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 6 - Resources Agency › Chapter 3 - Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act › Article 5 - Preliminary Review of Projects and Conduct of Initial Study › Section 15064.5 - Determining the Significance of Impacts to Archaeological and Historical Resources

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For purposes of this section, the term
				  "historical resources" shall include the following:
(1) A resource listed in, or determined to be
				  eligible by the State Historical Resources Commission, for listing in the
				  California Register of Historical Resources (Pub. Res. Code §
											5024.1, Title 14 CCR, Section
				  14 CCR,
				  Section 4850 et seq.).
(2) A resource included in a local register
				  of historical resources, as defined in section
				  5020.1(k)
				  of the Public Resources Code or identified as significant in an historical
				  resource survey meeting the requirements section
				  5024.1(g)
				  of the Public Resources Code, shall be presumed to be historically or
				  culturally significant. Public agencies must treat any such resource as
				  significant unless the preponderance of evidence demonstrates that it is not
				  historically or culturally significant.
(3) Any object, building, structure, site,
				  area, place, record, or manuscript which a lead agency determines to be
				  historically significant or significant in the architectural, engineering,
				  scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military,
				  or cultural annals of California may be considered to be an historical
				  resource, provided the lead agency's determination is supported by substantial
				  evidence in light of the whole record. Generally, a resource shall be
				  considered by the lead agency to be "historically significant" if the resource
				  meets the criteria for listing on the California Register of Historical
				  Resources (Pub. Res. Code, §
											5024.1, Title 14 CCR, Section
				  14 CCR,
				  Section 4852) including the following:
(A) Is associated with events that have made
				  a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California's history and
				  cultural heritage;
(B) Is
				  associated with the lives of persons important in our past;
(C) Embodies the distinctive characteristics
				  of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of
				  an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values;
				  or
(D) Has yielded, or may be
				  likely to yield, information important in prehistory or
				  history.
(4) The fact
				  that a resource is not listed in, or determined to be eligible for listing in
				  the California Register of Historical Resources, not included in a local
				  register of historical resources (pursuant to section
				  5020.1(k)
				  of the Public Resources Code), or identified in an historical resources survey
				  (meeting the criteria in section
				  5024.1(g)
				  of the Public Resources Code) does not preclude a lead agency from determining
				  that the resource may be an historical resource as defined in Public Resources
				  Code sections
				  5020.1(j)
				  or
				  5024.1.