The California Environmental Quality Act generally requires state and local government agencies, including the Commission, to inform decision-makers and the public about the potentially significant environmental effects of a proposed project, ways to minimize those effects, and to indicate alternatives to the project. If a project subject to CEQA will not result in potentially significant adverse effects to the environment, the Commission may adopt a document known as a Negative Declaration or a Mitigated Negative Declaration. If the project may cause adverse environmental effects, the Commission will prepare a more detailed informational document called an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). An EIR contains information on potential effects, measures to mitigate those effects, and an analysis of alternatives to the project. A key feature of the CEQA review process is the opportunity for the public to provide input on Negative Declarations, Mitigated Negative Declarations, and EIRs.
New/Current CEQA & Other Environmental Documents
Completed Documents by Geographical Area
Statewide (sovereign lands)
- Low-Energy Offshore Geophysical Permit Program Update – Addendum to MND (4/14)
Inland Lakes & Rivers; Central Valley (sovereign lands)
- PG&E Replacement of Distribution Feeder Main 0630 (DFM-0630/R-1385) across the Sacramento River– MND (8/22)
- Pacific Gas & Electric Company R-687 L-215 San Joaquin River Crossing Replacement Project (Lease 5438.1B) – June 2020– MND (06/20)
- Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Program Phase 9/10 Project– Addendum to Final EIR (3/19)
- Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Program Phase 7a & 9/10 Projects– Addendum to Final EIRs (12/18)
- Owens Lake Dynamic Water Management– Addendum to a Final EIR (8/16)
- Mendota Pool Bypass & Reach 2B Improvements Project– Final EIS/EIR (7/16)
- Mohave Valley Conservation Area Backwater Project– EA/MND (10/15)
- 2014 San Joaquin River Restoration Program Juvenile Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Trap and Haul Study– ND/FONSI (4/14)
- PG & E Line 406 / 407 Pipeline Project– Final EIR (10/09)
- PG & E Pease-Marysville 60kV Reconstruction Project– MND (5/09)
- PG&E Line 108 Natural Gas Pipeline – Final EIR (3/08)
Coastal Marin County north (sovereign lands)
- RTI Infrastructure, Inc. Eureka Subsea Fiber Optic Cables Project– MND (02/21)
- RTI Infrastructure, Inc. Manchester Subsea Cables Project– MND (4/19)
- Tomales Bay Vessel Management Plan – ND/FONSI (4/13)
- Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project – Final EIS/EIR (6/07)
San Francisco Bay / Delta (sovereign lands)
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company L-021A Napa River Pipeline Crossing Replacement Project– MND (08/23)
- San Francisco Bay Fiber Optic Cables Project– MND (04/23)
- San Francisco Bay and Delta Sand Mining Project– NOP (05/23)
- PG&E L-130 Sacramento River Crossing Pipeline Replacement Project– MND (4/22)
- Point Orient Wharf Removal Project– MND (8/21)
- Pacific Gas & Electric Company Line 057A-1 McDonald Island to Palm Tract Pipeline Decommissioning Project– MND (6/21)
- Chevron Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD3) Pipeline Replacement Project– MND (1/19)
- Lind Tug & Barge Inc. Oyster Shell Mining Project– MND (11/18)
- Chevron Long Wharf Maintenance & Efficiency Project– Addendum to MND (6/17) & MND (10/16)
- Chevron Mallard Farms Pipeline Replacement Project– Addendum to MND (1/17) & MND (10/16)
- Georgia Pacific Gypsum Antioch Wharf Upgrade Project– MND (8/15)
- PG & E Line 114, Line 114-1, & Line SP4Z Pipeline Decommissioning Project– MND (7/15)
- Tesoro Avon Marine Oil Terminal Lease Consideration– Final EIR (1/15)
- Transfer of Daggett Street (1000 16th Street Urban Mixed-Use Project)– Addendum to a Final EIR (12/14)
- GWF Outfall Removal– MND (7/14)
- Hercules LLC / Prologis Pipeline Removal– MND (3/14)
- Tesoro Amorco Marine Oil Terminal Lease Consideration– Final EIR (2/14)
- Port Costa Wharf Deconstruction Project– MND (2/14)
- Three Rivers Bouldin-Tyler Island Gas Pipeline Project– MND (6/13)
- DuPont Oakley Outfall Removal and Final Closure Project– MND (6/13)
- San Francisco Bay & Delta Sand Mining Project– Final EIR (10/12)
- Shore Marine Oil Terminal Lease Project (NuStar)– Final EIR (1/12)
- Shell Martinez Marine Terminal Lease Consideration– Final EIR (6/11)
- Coscol Petroleum Corporation Marine Terminal Deconstruction and Pipeline Abandonment – MND (5/09)
- Chevron Richmond Long Wharf Marine Terminal – Final EIR (3/07)
- PG&E Line 57C Pipeline Reliability Project – MND (4/06)
- Shore Terminals, LLC, Marine Oil Terminal Lease Renewal (Plains Martinez) – Final EIR (4/05)
- SFPP Concord to Sacramento Petroleum Products Pipeline – Final EIR (10/03)
- Rio Vista Natural Gas Pipeline Project – MND (8/02)
Coastal San Mateo County south to San Luis Obispo County (sovereign lands)
- RTI Infrastructure, Inc. Grover Beach Subsea Fiber Optic Cables Project– Addendum to MND (3/22)
- Dynegy Morro Bay, LLC Morro Bay Power Plant Marine Terminal Decommissioning Project– MND (2/18)
- AT&T China-U.S. Cable Network, Segments E1 and S7 Project– Addendum to a Final EIR (11/17)
- Lebherz Seawall Repair– Addendum to ND (5/16)
- PG & E Point Buchon Ocean Bottom Seismometer Project– Addendum to MND (6/16)
- PG & E Central Coastal California Seismic Imaging Project – Final EIR (8/12)
- Monterey Accelerated Research System Cabled Observatory Project – Final EIR/EIS (8/05)
Coastal Santa Barbara County south (sovereign lands)
- Doheny Ocean Desalination Project– Addendum to Final EIR – (11/22)
- Rincon Phase 2 Decommissioning Project– NOP (10/22)
- PRC 421 Decommissioning Project– Final EIR (3/22)
- Becker & Legacy Wells Abandonment & Remediation Project– EIR Addendum (1/20) & Final EIR (7/17)
- California Resources Corporation Grubb Lease (PRC 3913.1) Intake/Outfall Structures Decommissioning Project– MND (12/19)
- Scorpion Pier Replacement Project– Supplemental Information to Final EIS (3/19)
- San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Units 2 & 3 Decommissioning Project– Final EIR (2/19)
- Construction & Management of an Artificial Reef in the Pacific Ocean near San Clemente, California: Wheeler North Reef Expansion Project– Final Subsequent EIR (1/19)
- Seawater Desalination Project at Huntington Beach: Outfall / Intake Modifications & Lease Amendment Project– Final Supplemental EIR (10/17)
- Palos Verdes Reef Restoration Project– EA/ND (2/17)
- Broad Beach Restoration Project– Revised APTR (7/14) & Project Update Report (8/16)
- Cabrillo Power I LLC Encina Marine Oil Terminal Decommissioning Project– MND (12/15)
- Revised PRC 421 Recommissioning Project (Venoco, Inc.)– Final EIR (11/14)
- Title Settlement & Land Exchange Agreement (Department of Water & Power Specific Plan Amendment Project)– Addendum to a Final EIR (10/14)
- ExxonMobil Santa Ynez Unit (SYU) OPSR – B Phase 2 Project– MND (7/14)
- SONGS Units 2 & 3 Offshore Large Organism Exclusion Device Installation Project– MND (10/12)
- Disposition of Offshore Cooling Water Conduits SONGS Unit 1– Final EIR (7/05)
- Santa Barbara Channel Hazards Removal Project– MND (7/02)
- Venoco Platform Holly Power Cable Replacement Project – MND (11/12)
- Chevron El Segundo Marine Terminal Lease Renewal – Final EIR (11/10)
- Venoco Ellwood Marine (EMT) Lease Renewal – Final EIR (4/09)
- AT&T Asia America Gateway Project (AAG) – Final EIR (2/09)
- BHP Billiton Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port – Final EIR (3/07)
- ExxonMobil Seacliff Pier Complex Decommissioning Program – ND (7/05)
- Revised PRC 421 Pier Removal Project (Bird Island) – Final EIR (5/04)
- Line 1228 Relocation Project (Bolsa Chica) – MND (4/04)
- Mandalay Marine Terminal Decommissioning Program Amendment to the Approved Execution Plan – MND (2/04)
- Bolsa Chica Lowlands Restoration Project – Final EIR (4/01)
School Lands
- Stagecoach Solar Project– Draft EIR (10/21)
- Proposed Sale of School Lands in Imperial County– ND (12/15)
- Sale of School Lands for the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Project– Final CEQA Supplement to the EIS (12/14)
- Plumas-Sierra Fort Sage to Herlong 120kV Interconnect Project– MND Equivalent (9/11)
- AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Replacement Project, Victorville, CA – MND (8/08)
- North Baja Pipeline Expansion Project – Final EIR (6/07)
- El Paso Line 1903 Pipeline Conversion Project – Final EIR/EA (4/05)
- Kern River 2003 Expansion Project – Final EIR/EIS (6/02)