Environmental & Energy
Mar. 17, 2015
Ruling complicated use of CEQA's categorical exemptions
Some exemptions from CEQA do not apply if there's a reasonable possibility of a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. But what's an "unusual circumstance"?
Categorical exemptions from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, do not apply to projects involving a reasonable possibility of a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances.
But what exactly is an "unusual circumstance"? Is the potential for a significant effect enough to trigger this exception? These questions bedeviled appellate courts and lawyers for decades, resulting in a conflicting and confusing body ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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