California Environmental Quality Act

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California Environmental Quality Act (2006)

The simplified CEQA Guidelines in plain English.

Definitions

• Summary Section-this tells what the definitions are.
• Agricultural land
• Emergency
• Environment
• Environmental
• Impact Report
• Infill Site
• Feasible

Statutes

• Policy
• Short Title
• General
• State Agencies, boards and commissions
• Local Agencies
• Streamlined Environmental Review
• Submission of Information
• Limitations

Guidelines

• General
• General Responsibilities
• Authorities Granted to Public Agencies by CEQA
• Lead Agency
• Preliminary Review of Projects and Conduct of Initial Study
• Negative Declaration Process
• EIR Process
• Time Limits
• Contents of Environmental Impact Reports
• Considerations in Preparing EIRs and Negative Declarations
• Types of EIRs
• Master Environmental Impact Report
• Special Situations
• Review and Evaluation of EIRs and Negative Declarations
• Projects Also Subject to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• Litigation
• EIR Monitor
• Exemption for Certified State Regulatory Programs
• Statutory Exemptions
• Categorical Exemptions
• Definitions

Court Cases

Any listed court cases will be shown by the relevant laws in which they were affected by.

CEQA Filters

-Search by article or reference number -Water -Air -Waste

External Links www.epa.org http://www.califaep.org http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/