California Code of Regulations
Title 23 - Waters
Division 1 - Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Chapter 1 - Organization, Powers and Standards
Article 3 - Application Procedures
Section 10 - Environmental Review

(a) Each application shall be evaluated by an environmental review committee appointed by the Executive Officer, to review the environmental aspects of the application and to make recommendations with respect to compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. ("CEQA") and the CEQA Guidelines, Title 14, California Code of Regulations, section 15000 et seq. The recommendations may include proposals for mitigation to avoid significant effects on the environment.

(b) The board may charge and collect a reasonable fee from any person proposing a project for which the board must prepare an environmental impact report ("EIR"), initial study, or negative declaration. The fee will be an amount which will recover the costs incurred by the board and the department in preparing such EIR, initial study, and negative declaration. The board may charge and collect a deposit from the applicant for fees prior to undertaking environmental review. The deposit for these costs will include the cost of any consultants, staff time, and costs of printing established according to the formula contained in section 503 of this title which is incorporated by reference.

(c) The applicant shall provide the board and its authorized agents access to the area of the proposed work, upon request by the board or its authorized agents, for environmental, engineering or other purposes related to the board's review of the application.