California Public Resources Code

§ 21159

PRC § 21159 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 13 · Ch. 4.5 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)An agency listed in Section 21159.4 shall perform, at the time of the adoption of a rule or regulation requiring the installation of pollution control equipment, or a performance standard or treatment requirement, including a rule or regulation that requires the installation of pollution control equipment or a performance standard or treatment requirement pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code), an environmental analysis of the reasonably foreseeable methods of compliance. In the preparation of this analysis, the agency may utilize numerical ranges or averages where specific data is not available; however, the agency shall not be required to engage in speculation or conjecture. The environmental analysis shall, at minimum, include all of the following:

(1)An analysis of the reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts of the methods of compliance.

(2)An analysis of reasonably foreseeable feasible mitigation measures.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 195, Sec. 2. (AB 1846) Effective January 1, 2011.