Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 15130 Discussion of Cumulative Impacts
Library | California Code of Regulations |
Edition | 2023 |
Currency | Current through Register 2023 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 29, 2023 |
Citation | Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 15130 |
Year | 2023 |
(a) An EIR shall discuss cumulative impacts of a project when the project's incremental effect is cumulatively considerable, as defined in section . Where a lead agency is examining a project with an incremental effect that is not "cumulatively considerable," a lead agency need not consider that effect significant, but shall briefly describe its basis for concluding that the incremental effect is not cumulatively considerable. 15065(a)(3)
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(1) As defined in Section
, a cumulative impact
consists of an impact which is created as a result of the combination of the
project evaluated in the EIR together with other projects causing related
impacts. An EIR should not discuss impacts which do not result in part from the
project evaluated in the EIR. 15355
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(2)
When the combined cumulative impact associated with the project's incremental
effect and the effects of other projects is not significant, the EIR shall
briefly indicate why the cumulative impact is not significant and is not
discussed in further detail in the EIR. A lead agency shall identify facts and
analysis supporting the lead agency's conclusion that the cumulative impact is
less than significant.
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(3) An EIR
may determine that a project's contribution to a significant cumulative impact
will be rendered less than cumulatively considerable and thus is not
significant. A project's contribution is less than cumulatively considerable if
the project is required to implement or fund its fair share of a mitigation
measure or measures designed to alleviate the cumulative impact. The lead
agency shall identify facts and analysis supporting its conclusion that the
contribution will be rendered less than cumulatively
considerable.
(b) The discussion of cumulative impacts shall reflect the severity of the impacts and their likelihood of occurrence, but the discussion need not provide as great detail as is provided for the effects attributable to the project alone. The discussion should be guided by the standards of practicality and reasonableness, and should focus on the cumulative impact to which the identified other projects contribute rather than the attributes of other projects which do not contribute to the cumulative impact. The following elements are necessary to an adequate discussion of significant cumulative impacts:
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(1) Either
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