California Senate Bill SB1012 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1012INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Runner FEBRUARY 10, 2010 An act to amend Section 21100 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1012, as introduced, Runner. Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act:(CEQA). The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 21100 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 21100. (a)  All lead agencies   A lead agency  shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on  any   a  project  which   they propose   that it proposes  to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment. Whenever feasible, a standard format shall be used for  an  environmental impact  reports   report  . (b) The environmental impact report shall include a detailed statement setting forth all of the following: (1) All significant effects on the environment of the proposed project. (2) In a separate section: (A) Any significant effect on the environment that cannot be avoided if the project is implemented. (B) Any significant effect on the environment that would be irreversible if the project is implemented. (3) Mitigation measures proposed to minimize significant effects on the environment, including, but not limited to, measures to reduce the wasteful, inefficient, and unnecessary consumption of energy. (4) Alternatives to the proposed project. (5) The growth-inducing impact of the proposed project. (c) The report shall also contain a statement  briefly indicating   that briefly   states  the reasons for determining that various effects on the environment of a project are not significant and consequently have not been discussed in detail in the environmental impact report. (d) For purposes of this section, any significant effect on the environment shall be limited to substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse changes in physical conditions which exist within the area as defined in Section 21060.5. (e) Previously approved land use documents, including, but not limited to, general plans, specific plans, and local coastal plans, may be used in cumulative impact analysis.