California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 1 - Public Utilities Commission › Chapter 1 - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 2 - Applications Generally › Section 2.4 - (Rule 2.4) CEQA Compliance

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Applications for authority to undertake any projects that are subject to the
				  California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, Public Resources Code Sections
				  21000
				  et seq. (CEQA) and the guidelines for implementation of CEQA, California Code
				  of Regulations, Title 14, Sections
				  15000 et seq., shall be consistent
				  with these codes and this rule.
(b)
				  Any application for authority to undertake a project that is not statutorily or
				  categorically exempt from CEQA requirements shall include a Proponent's
				  Environmental Assessment (PEA). The PEA shall include all information and
				  studies required under the Commission's Information and Criteria List adopted
				  pursuant to Chapter 1200 of the Statutes of 1977 (Government Code Sections
				  65940
				  through
				  65942),
				  which is published on the Commission's Internet website. If the proposed
				  project is an energy infrastructure project, the applicant shall prepare the
				  PEA in accordance with the Guidelines for Energy Project Applications Requiring
				  CEQA Compliance: Pre-filing and Proponent's Environmental Assessments (Version
				  1.0, November 2019) which is published on the Commission's Internet website and
				  is hereby incorporated by reference.
(c) Any application for authority to
				  undertake a project that is statutorily or categorically exempt from CEQA
				  requirements shall so state, with citation to the relevant authority.
1.
					 Renumbering and amendment of former section
					 6 to new section
					 2.4 filed 10-19-98; designated
					 effective 1-1-98 by Decision 97-12-043. Submitted to OAL for printing only
					 (Register 98, No. 43).
2. Renumbering of former section
					 2.4 to new section
					 1.11 and renumbering of portion of
					 former section
					 17.1 to section
					 2.4, including amendment of
					 section heading, section and NOTE filed 9-13-2006; operative 9-13-2006 pursuant
					 to Government Code section
					 11351(a)
					 (Register 2006, No. 37).
3. Amendment of subsection (b) filed
					 5-9-2011; operative 6-8-2011. Submitted to OAL for limited review pursuant to
					 Government Code section
					 11351 and
					 Public Utilities Code section
					 311(h)
					 (Register 2011, No. 19).
4. Amendment filed 1-8-2014; operative
					 4-1-2014. Submitted to OAL for limited review pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11351 and
					 Public Utilities Code section
					 311(h)
					 (Register 2014, No. 2).
5. Amendment of subsection (b) filed
					 3-15-2021; operative 5-1-2021 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(3).
					 Submitted to OAL for limited review pursuant to Government Code section
					 11351 and
					 Public Utilities Code section
					 311(h)
					 (Register 2021, No. 12).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1701,
						Public Utilities Code. Reference: Section
						1701,
						Public Utilities Code.