An amendment to a prior commercial center approval which permits construction of a supercenter does not, by itself, mandate the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR.
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March 2010
Baseline Depends Upon Whether You Have a New or Modified Project or Existing Project Without Significant Expansion of Use
CEQA Air impacts are to be measured against existing physical conditions not existing permitted level of operations for emitter.
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CEQA Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Become Law Today
By Leslie Z. Walker
Almost three years after Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr. filed suit against the County of San Bernardino for failing to consider the impacts of the County’s General Plan on Global Warming, the Amendments to the CEQA Guidelines Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions mandated by Senate Bill 97 (Chapter 185, Statues 2007; Pub. Resources Code, § 21083.05), take effect today.
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Yes, Local Appeal Fees Apply to CEQA Appeals
Posted in CEQA, Local Government
By: Katherine J. Hart
As determined by the California Supreme Court 27 years ago, local agencies may impose a fee for the filing of an appeal of a CEQA decision so long as that fee is reasonable.
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City Gambles and Wins on Agreement with Tribe Over Casino: CEQA Does Not Apply
Posted in CEQA
By: Cori Badgley
In yet another CEQA case involving whether an agreement between a tribe and a city constitutes a project, the court held that CEQA did not apply to an agreement requiring the city’s formal support of a proposed casino and the tribe to pay for future, as of yet undefined, city services and improvements.
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