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CEQA Summary
California Environmental Quality Act

Here is a brief overview of the CEQA process.

Significant environmental impacts caused by developments must be mitigated or avoided.

If an agency (i.e. Placer County) approves a project with significant impacts overriding factors must be stated indicating impacts that cannot be avoided or mitigated..

Steps in the CEQA Process:

Initial study Notice of Preparation of EIR Draft EIR is completed Discussion of social/ economic impacts not required unless they cause secondary impacts.
The public may request public hearing of draft EIR in writing.

Notice of completion is filed

Final EIR produced Agencies cannot approve projects unless significant environmental effects have been eliminated or reduced or the agency has said that effects are unavoidable and acceptable due to overriding considerations.

Appeals may only be made by applicant, or by persons, organizations, or public agencies that submitted written comments or supplied oral testimony at a public hearings.

Appeals require non-refundable fees.

CEQA is enforced by local agencies.

If there are problems, then the public’s only recourse is the courts.

 

For 'Significant' impacts: Placer County’s website, Appendix A of Chapter 18
http://ordlink.com/codes/placer/index.htm

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