The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 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 environmental 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 detailed 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.
Contact
Electronic copies of CEQA documents prior to 2001 may be requested from:
Laura Miller | 916.574.1911
Laura.Miller@slc.ca.gov
New/Current CEQA & Other Environmental Documents
- 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)
- Monterey Bay Regional Water Project – Staff Update (2/19)
Abbreviations Used
APTR = Analysis of Impacts to Public Trust Resources and Values
CEQA = California Environmental Quality Act
EA = Environmental Assessment
EIR = Environmental Impact Report
EIS = Environmental Impact Statement
FONSI = Finding of No Significant Impact
IS = Initial Study
MND = Mitigated Negative Declaration
ND = Negative Declaration
NEPA = National Environmental Policy Act
NOI = Notice of Intent
NOP = Notice of Preparation
Completed Documents by Geographical Area
- Sovereign Lands (Statewide)
- Sovereign Lands (Inland Lakes and Rivers; Central Valley)
- Sovereign Lands (Coastal Marin County north)
- Sovereign Lands (San Francisco Bay / Delta)
- Sovereign Lands (Coastal San Mateo County south to San Luis Obispo County)
- Sovereign Lands (Coastal Santa Barbara County south)
- School Lands
- 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 and 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)
- Tomales Bay Vessel Management Plan - ND/FONSI (4/13)
- Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project - Final EIS/EIR (6/07)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Becker & Legacy Wells Abandonment & Remediation Project – Final EIR (7/17)
- 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)
- 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)
Actions Taken with California Environmental Quality Act Suspensions
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires environmental review when State agencies take certain actions. The environmental review is to identify impacts that a project may have on the environment and identify, if necessary, mitigation measures to reduce the impacts.
On January 17, 2014, Governor Brown signed a proclamation declaring a drought State of Emergency in California. As authorized by Government Code section 8571, the Governor’s Proclamation suspended CEQA and the regulations adopted pursuant to it, to the extent that CEQA otherwise would have applied to actions necessary to mitigate the effects of the drought. On April 25, 2014, Governor Brown issued a Proclamation of a Continued State of Emergency to redouble State drought actions, which continued to suspend environmental review under CEQA to allow actions called for in the proclamation to occur expeditiously. The proclamation requires entities implementing its directives to maintain on their websites a list of activities or approvals for which CEQA provisions are suspended. On November 13, 2015, Governor Brown issued Executive Order B-36-15, which extended the waiver of CEQA contained in the January 17, 2014 and April 25, 2014 Proclamations until the drought state of emergency is terminated. The following is a list of activities or approvals the Commission has taken where the applicable provisions are suspended:
- Emergency Authorization to Bureau of Reclamation, January 22, 2016