Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

(a) A proposed mitigated negative declaration shall be prepared for any proposed subsequent project if both of the following occur: (1) An initial study has identified potentially new or additional significant effects on the environment that were not analyzed in the master enviro…

(a) The master environmental impact report shall not be used for the purposes of this chapter if either of the following has occurred: (1) The certification of the master environmental impact report occurred more than five years prior to the filing of an application for the subse…

(a) For purposes of this section, a master environmental impact report is a document prepared in accordance with subdivision (c) for the projects described in subdivision (b) that, upon certification, is followed by review of subsequent projects as provided in Sections 21157.1 an…

Except as provided in Section 41750.1, each county shall prepare, adopt, and, except for a city and county, transmit to the cities located in the county a nondisposal facility element that includes all of the information required by this chapter and that is consistent with the im…

(a) A focused environmental impact report is an environmental impact report on a subsequent project identified in a master environmental impact report. A focused environmental impact report may be utilized only if the lead agency finds that the analysis in the master environmenta…

When a lead agency is required to prepare an environmental impact report pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 21157.1 or is authorized to prepare a focused environmental impact report pursuant to Section 21158, the lead agency may not rely on subdivision (a) of Section 21080.5 …

(a) Where a project consists of multiple-family residential development of not more than 100 units or a residential and commercial or retail mixed-use development of not more than 100,000 square feet which complies with all of the following, a focused environmental impact report …

(a) City, county, and regional agency nondisposal facility elements prepared pursuant to Section 41730, 41731, or 41750.1, as the case may be, shall include a description of any new solid waste facilities and the expansion of existing solid waste facilities that will be needed to…

Nondisposal facility elements prepared pursuant to this chapter shall include all solid waste facilities and solid waste facility expansions, except disposal facilities and transformation facilities, which will recover for reuse or recycling at least 5 percent of the total volume…

(a) (1) Prior to adopting a nondisposal facility element, the city, county, or regional agency shall submit the element to the task force created pursuant to Section 40950 for review and comment. (2) Prior to adopting a regional agency nondisposal facility element, if the jurisdi…

(a) Once a nondisposal facility element has been adopted, the city, county, or regional agency shall update all information required to be included in the nondisposal facility element, including, but not limited to, new information regarding existing and new, or proposed, nondisp…

(a) Notwithstanding Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000), the adoption or update of a nondisposal facility element shall not be subject to environmental review. (b) Local agencies may impose a fee on project proponents to fund their necessary and actual costs of preparing …

It is not the intent of the Legislature to require cities and counties to revise their source reduction and recycling elements to comply with the requirements of this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 476, Sec. 8. (AB 341) Effective January 1, 2012.)

(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 …

(a) A focused environmental impact report may be utilized if a project meets all of the following requirements: (1) The project consists solely of the installation of either of the following: (A) Pollution control equipment required by a rule or regulation of an agency listed in …

(a) If a project consists solely of compliance with a performance standard or treatment requirement imposed by an agency listed in Section 21159.4, the lead agency for the compliance project shall, to the greatest extent feasible, utilize the environmental analysis required pursu…

In the preparation of any environmental impact report pursuant to Section 21159.1 or 21159.2, the following deadlines shall apply: (a) A lead agency shall determine whether an environmental impact report should be prepared within 30 days of its determination that the application …

(a) This article shall apply to all of the following agencies: (1) The State Air Resources Board. (2) A district as defined in Section 39025 of the Health and Safety Code. (3) The State Water Resources Control Board. (4) A California regional water quality control board. (5) The …

The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation shall implement a public assistance and information program to ensure efficient and effective implementation of this division and to do both of the following: (a) Establish a public education and training program for planners, develop…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Census-defined place” means a specific unincorporated land area within boundaries determined by the United States Census Bureau in the most recent decennial census. (b) “Community-level enviro…

A housing project qualifies for an exemption from this division pursuant to Section 21159.22, 21159.23, or 21159.24 if it meets the criteria in the applicable section and all of the following criteria: (a) The project is consistent with any applicable general plan, specific plan,…

(a) This division does not apply to any development project that meets the requirements of subdivision (b), and meets either of the following criteria: (1) Consists of the construction, conversion, or use of residential housing for agricultural employees, and meets all of the fol…

(a) This division does not apply to any development project that consists of the construction, conversion, or use of residential housing consisting of 100 or fewer that is affordable to low-income households if both of the following criteria are met: (1) The developer of the deve…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to a project if all of the following criteria are met: (1) The project is a residential project on an infill site. (2) The project is located within an urbanized area. (3) The project satisfies the criteria o…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Residential or mixed-use housing project” means a project consisting of multifamily residential uses only or a mix of multifamily residential and nonresidential uses, with at least two-thirds of the square fo…

With respect to a project that includes a housing development, a public agency may not reduce the proposed number of housing units as a mitigation measure or project alternative for a particular significant effect on the environment if it determines that there is another feasible…

A project may not be divided into smaller projects to qualify for one or more exemptions pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1039, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2003.)

(a) If a residential or mixed-use residential project is consistent with the use designation, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified for the project area in either a sustainable communities strategy or an alternative planning strategy, for which the State …

The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the state to ensure that California’s environmental review processes are streamlined and optimized to ensure the most efficient process to approve clean infrastructure projects in a manner that does not weaken envir…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Energy Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. (b) “Facility” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 25545, except for paragraph (4). (Added …

(a) The Energy Commission shall prepare a program environmental impact report to analyze the development of a class or classes of facility for which the Energy Commission has received an application under the certification program established by Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Secti…

A public agency considering approval of a specific facility that is within the class or classes of facility described in the program environmental impact report prepared pursuant to Section 21159.32 may tier from that program environmental impact report pursuant to Section 21094 …

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Conserving or developing natural resources and enhancing and maintaining environmentally important lands and waters is essential for protecting the state’s environment, bolstering its economy, and providing safe and…

(a) The director may establish the Education and Employment Reentry Program within the corps and may enroll in the program formerly incarcerated individuals who successfully served on a California Conservation Camp program crew and were recommended for participation as a program …

(a) Persons described in Section 14415.1 shall be selected for participation as a program member on the basis of motivation, hard work, personal development, and public service, and without regard to their prior employment or educational background. Program member enrollment shal…

Participants in the program shall generally be engaged in any of the following activities: (a) Natural resources or land management projects. (b) Fuels reduction and vegetation management projects. (c) Proactively restoring forest health to reduce greenhouse gases. (d) Conserving…

The program shall accomplish all of the following objectives: (a) Develop, partner with, and create opportunities for the forestry corps program objectives described in Section 14411. (b) Collaborate with the Employment Development Department to provide access to workforce servic…

The program established pursuant to this chapter shall not replace or restrict existing or future programs and training offered to formerly incarcerated individuals. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 587, Sec. 1. (AB 1668) Effective January 1, 2020.)

Implementation of the program pursuant to this chapter is contingent upon an appropriation being made in the annual Budget Act or another statute for its purposes. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 587, Sec. 1. (AB 1668) Effective January 1, 2020.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the petroleum industry is an essential element of the California economy and is therefore of vital importance to the health and welfare of all Californians. (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that a complete and thorough und…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act of 1980. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1055, Sec. 4. Effective September 26, 1980.)

(a) Each refiner and major marketer shall submit information each month to the commission in such form and extent as the commission prescribes pursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, the term “refiner” and “refinery” shall include refiners and refineries as define…

(a) The commission, in consultation with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and labor and industry stakeholders, shall consider ways to manage necessary refinery turnarounds and maintenance that would protect the health and safety of employees, local communities, and the …

(a) The commission, in consultation with the Independent Consumer Fuels Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 25373, shall consider the effects of refiners’ inventories of fuel and feedstocks and blending components on the price of transportation fuels in California.…

(a) The commission shall notify a refiner or person who fails to comply with the requirements of Section 25354.2 or 25354.4, or fails to comply with the regulations adopted under those sections. If, within three days after being initially notified of the failure to comply, the re…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Gross gasoline refining margin” means the difference, expressed in dollars per barrel, between the volume-weighted average price of wholesale gasoline sold by a refiner in the state and the average price of c…