Exam 2

Question 1

CEQA was adopted by the California Legislature, and signed into law by then

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Governor Ronald Reagan in 1970

Question 2

(NEPA) had been signed into law by

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President Nixon on Jan 1, 1970

Question 3

public agency

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is any California state agency, board, or commission, or any county, local or regional agency, but not commission, regional agenc

Question 4

Project

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is any activity undertaken by any public agency

Question 5

significant effect on the environment

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means a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in any of the physical potentially substantial, adverse change in any of the physical conditions within the area of the project, including land, air, water, conditions

Question 6

notice of exemption

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is if the agency determines that the activity is not subject to CEQA,

Question 7

Statutory

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residential development (of any size) if the project is consistent with an earlier zoning, community plan, or consistent with an earlier zoning, community plan, or general plan for which an EIR was prepared.

Question 8

Categorical:

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ministerial projects include the issuance of building permits, the issuance of business licenses. permits, the issuance of business licenses. -the operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of -the operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of an existing facility. an existing facility. -replacement or reconstruction of an existing facility. -replacement or reconstruction of an existing facilit

Question 9

Initial Study

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is when a project doesn’t fit a Statutory or Categorical Exemption,

Question 10

Negative Declaration

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written statement that an EIR is not required because no significant adverse EIR is not required because no significant adverse impact on the environment.impact on the environmen

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Mitigated Negative Declaration

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states revisions to the project be made or agreed to by the applicant would avoid be made or agreed to by the applicant would avoid potentially significant adverse impacts.

Question 12

EIR Process

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1. Notice of Preparation
2. The Scoping process
3. draft EIR
4. public comments
5. Final EIR

Question 13

EIR Must contain the following

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1. A Table of Contents or index
2. Summary of the proposed action and its consequences
3. Project description
4. The environmental setting
5. An evaluation of the environmental impacts
6. Mitigation efforts for the environmental impacts
7. Project Alternatives – “no project” must be includedProject

Question 14

Cumulative Impacts

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Two or more individual effects/actions when taken together compound a particular environment effect.

Question 15

After EIR

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After Final EIR is complete, the agency determines whether to approve a project
(NOD) must be filed within 5 working days after project approval
The filing of the notice of determination starts the 30 day statute of limitations on court challenges to the approval under CEQA.

Question 16

California Environmental Quality Act

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Signed into law by Governor Reagan in 1970
Applies to state and local agencies
Applies to government projects
Applies to projects in which agencies must approve

Question 17

THP

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Timber Harvest Plan

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NTMP

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Non-Industrial Timber Management Plan, Less than 2,500 acres of timber

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WFMP

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Working Forest Management Plan Less than 15,000 acres of timber

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LTO

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Licensed Timber Operato

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CFIP

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California Forest ImprovementProgram

Question 22

CFIP Minimum Qualifications

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Property must be 20 to 5,000 acres
•With at least 10 % tree cover
•Zoning must allow Forest Management

Question 23

EQIP

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Environmental Quality Incentive Program

forest insect tree mortality has occurred