Bill Text: CA AB621 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: California Environmental Quality Act: streamlined environmental review: standard of review: hospitals.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB621 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 621

Introduced by Assembly Member Robert Rivas

February 12, 2021

An act to amend Section 21156 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 621, as introduced, Robert Rivas. California Environmental Quality Act: streamlined environmental review: master environmental impact reports.

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that the lead agency 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. CEQA authorizes the preparation of a master EIR to evaluate project impacts, and expresses the intent of the Legislature that environmental review of subsequent projects be substantially reduced to the extent that project impacts have been reviewed and appropriate mitigation measures are set forth in a certified master EIR.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that latter provision.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 21156 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

21156.

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a master environmental impact report shall evaluate the cumulative impacts, growth inducing impacts, and irreversible significant effects on the environment of a subsequent ~~projects~~ project to the greatest extent feasible. The Legislature further intends that the environmental review of a subsequent ~~projects~~ project be substantially reduced to the extent that the project impacts have been reviewed and appropriate mitigation measures are set forth in a certified master environmental impact report.