California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 5 - San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Chapter 15 - Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act
Subchapter 1 - When the Commission is the Lead Agency
Article 1 - Environmental Determinations of Exemption
Section 11501 - Categorical Exemptions
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
When the Commission is the lead agency and the Executive Director has determined that the proposed activity is not statutorily exempt under California Public Resources Code Section 21080(b):
(a) Prior to filing an application for a Commission permit or to preparing the staff planning report on a planning matter, the Executive Director shall determine if the proposed activity is categorically exempt under California Public Resources Code Section 21084 and 14 California Code of Regulations Sections 15300 through 15333 from the necessity of preparing any environmental documentation.
(b) Projects for which the Commission issues administrative permits pursuant to Section 10601(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8), or Sections 10601(b), (c), (d)(1), (d)(2) or (f) are usually categorically exempt under subdivision (a) of this section, provided that such projects will not be considered categorically exempt when they either (1) may have an adverse impact on an environmental resource or involve a hazard of critical concern or (2) may have a cumulatively adverse impact when considered with successively similar projects.
(c) If the Executive Director determines that the proposed activity is categorically exempt, he or she shall place a written statement of that determination and the basis for it in the appropriate file and shall include the fact of that determination and the basis for it in the application summary, in the staff planning report, or in the notice of hearing for the planning study, if one has been scheduled.
1. Renumbering and amendment of Section 10910 to Section 11501 filed 5-18-87; operative 6-17-87 (Register 87, No. 30). For prior history, see Register 79, No. 29.
2. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed 7-31-96; operative 8-30-96 (Register 96, No. 31).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)-(b) and NOTE filed 12-31-2020 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 1). (OAL review extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.)
4. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 6-2-2022; operative 10-1-2022 (Register 2022, No. 22).
Note: Authority cited: Section 66632(f), Government Code; and Section 29201(e), Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 21000, 21080.5, 21084 and 21166, Public Resources Code.
