California Public Resources Code

§ 21083

PRC § 21083 Effective Jan 1, 2005Div. 13 · Ch. 2.6

Statute text

(a)The Office of Planning and Research shall prepare and develop proposed guidelines for the implementation of this division by public agencies. The guidelines shall include objectives and criteria for the orderly evaluation of projects and the preparation of environmental impact reports and negative declarations in a manner consistent with this division.

(b)The guidelines shall specifically include criteria for public agencies to follow in determining whether or not a proposed project may have a “significant effect on the environment.” The criteria shall require a finding that a project may have a “significant effect on the environment” if one or more of the following conditions exist:

(1)A proposed project has the potential to degrade the quality of the environment, curtail the range of the environment, or to achieve short-term, to the disadvantage of long-term, environmental goals.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 689, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.