Environmental & Energy
May 17, 2012
Future is now (or is it?): minimizing CEQA litigation risk
When performing an environmental impact report, choosing the proper baseline can be outcome determinative.
Does the future exist? Ask a lawyer who grapples with application of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to projects that are anticipated to be completed in the medium-to-long range - i.e., five to 15 years from the time of project approval - such as public infrastructure projects or major industrial projects.
CEQA requires a public agency with lead CEQA responsibility (lead agency) to evaluate the potential for significant environmental impacts from proposed projects ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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