Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 15162 Subsequent Eirs and Negative Declarations
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, § 15162 |
Year | 2023 |
(a) When an EIR has been certified or a negative declaration adopted for a project, no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the following:
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(1) Substantial changes are proposed in the
project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative
declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or
a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant
effects;
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(2) Substantial changes
occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken
which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration
due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a
substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant
effects; or
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(3) New information of
substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with
the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified
as complete or the negative declaration was adopted, shows any of the
following:
(b) If changes to a project or its circumstances occur or new information becomes available after adoption of a negative declaration, the lead agency shall prepare a subsequent EIR if required under subdivision (a). Otherwise the lead agency shall determine whether to prepare a subsequent negative declaration, an addendum, or no further documentation.
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