California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 5.5 - California Coastal Commission
Chapter 6 - Exclusions from Permit Requirements
Subchapter 5 - Categorical Exclusions
Article 1 - Commission Review Procedures
Section 13241 - Request for Exclusion

(a) In the case of a local government or other public agency requesting that a category of development, or categories of development within a specific geographic area, be excluded from the coastal development permit requirements of Chapter 7 of the California Coastal Act of 1976 (commencing with Public Resources Code, Section 30600), such agency shall provide the executive director of the commission with materials and information that the executive director deems necessary to make the findings required by Public Resources Code, Section 30610(e) and 30610.5(b) and the California Environmental Quality Act (commencing with Public Resources Code Section 21000). The executive director shall cause a public hearing on such a request to be scheduled within a reasonable time of the receipt of materials and information, sufficient to allow evaluation of whether the request for exclusion meets the requirements of Public Resources Code, Sections 30610(e) and 30610.5(b).

(b) In the case of a request by a person not representing a public agency, the executive director shall review proposed requests for categorical exclusions and submit for commission review only those requests that appear to meet the requirements of Public Resources Code, Sections 30610(e) and 30610.5(b).

(c) Commission requests shall be reviewed in the same manner as provided in subsection (a) above.