ESP 179 Quiz 1

Question 1

What are the goals of CEQA?

Answer 1

To minimize impacts, identify impacts, disclose them to the public, facilitate interagency coordination, and to enhance public participation.

Question 2

When was CEQA established?

Answer 2

1970 because of the environmental quality act

Question 3

What does CEQA apply to?

Answer 3

Can apply to government activities that impact the environment, public and private projects.

Question 4

Who approves projects?

Answer 4

The lead agency approves projects and in public project they often propose.

Question 5

What does a project proponent do?

Answer 5

The project proponent is the party proposing a project

Question 6

Any agency that MUST give approval (like with permits) are called…

Answer 6

Responsible agencies

Question 7

Who performs impact analyses?

Answer 7

consultants

Question 8

Who can carry out exemptions?

Answer 8

Legislation can catty out exemptions despite their impacts (policy decisions)

Question 9

What exemptions are there for housing types?

Answer 9

Agricultural, infill, and affordable housing are all exempt.

Question 10

How long does the public have to respond after a notice of exemption has been posted?

Answer 10

35 days or 180 if it is not posted.

Question 11

What are certified regulatory programs?

Answer 11

functionally equivalent program to CEQA

Question 12

What are environmental impacts?

Answer 12

Impacts on environmental resources, human environments or resource availability.

Question 13

What is a life cycle assessment and how is it different from CEQA?

Answer 13

A life cycle assessment assess the lifetime scope of what we extract, use and distribute. CEQA is all about the actual construction and operation of a project while LCA is more about the actual resources and distribution of them

Question 14

How many CEQA guidelines Appendix G resource areas are there?

Answer 14

There are 20

Question 15

What are the levels of impact to decide if an impact matters?

Answer 15

No impact, less than significant, significant impacts.

Question 16

What are the degrees of significant impacts?

Answer 16

Significant, unavoidable, and irreversible.

Question 17

What is the initial study?

Answer 17

A preliminary assessment to determine if a project may produce environmental effects. This determines how much review needs to be done.

Question 18

Bishop Inyo case

Answer 18

Shopping center project and made it so explanations were mandatory for initial studies

Question 19

What are the courts two primary roles?

Answer 19

settle lawsuits and set precedents

Question 20

How many categorical exemptions are there?

Answer 20

33, small builds, maintenance, and wildlife reserves (examples)

Question 21

What comes after the initial study?

Answer 21

Either an EIR, a mitigated negative declaration or a negative declaration.

Question 22

What is the fair arguments test?

Answer 22

if there is evidence that significant environmental impacts might occur even if evidence also exists against this an EIR must be done.

Question 23

What is the ND/MND process?

Answer 23

Starts with a initial study/ND/MND and a wile of notice of intent to adopt (NOI) followed by a public review period of 20 or 30 days.

Question 24

What is the EIR process?

Answer 24

Starts with the initial study, then a notice of preparation, a 30 day comment period, a DEIR, notice of completion with an available EIR, a 45 day DEIR comment period, a final EIR, lead agencies certify the EIR

Question 25

What is the purpose of a notice of preparation?

Answer 25

Announces the intent of drafting an EIR and gathers input for the drafting.

Question 26

What is the AB 52 tribal consultation?

Answer 26

Set forth a process for tribal government involvement in CEQA process and because of a ew section of the Appendix G checklist in 2014.

Question 27

What is a notice of availability?

Answer 27

A notice to the public that a draft EIR is complete and available.

Question 28

How are EIR generally structured?

Answer 28

Background with project descriptions, body with environmental resource chapters, and the back of the book with alternatives and cumulative impacts.

Question 29

What are the types of EIRs?

Answer 29

(main) Project EIRs, subsequent and supplemental EIRs, and programs EIRs