California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 3 - General Regulations
Chapter 4 - Procedural Regulations for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970
Article 2.5 - Certified Regulatory Program for Adoption of Regulations
Section 777.6 - Contents of Initial Statement of Reasons

(1) A description of the proposed regulations and any possible significant adverse effects of the proposed regulations on the environment. If there are no significant adverse effects, the description shall so state. Such statement shall be supported by documentation describing the possible effects that the Department examined in reaching its conclusion.

(2) A statement of feasible alternatives to the proposed regulations and mitigation measures available to substantially lessen any significant or potentially significant adverse effect of the proposed regulations on the environment; or a statement that, because the Department's review of the proposed regulations showed that the proposed regulations would not have any significant or potentially significant effects on the environment, no alternatives or mitigation measures are proposed to avoid or reduce significant effects on the environment. Such statement shall be supported by documentation describing the possible effects that the Department examined in reaching its conclusion.