California Code of Regulations
Title 25 - Housing and Community Development
Division 1 - Housing and Community Development
Chapter 6.5 - Program Operations
Subchapter 3 - California Environmental Quality Act
Article 6 - Criteria for Decision-Making and Findings
Section 6994 - Statement of Overriding Considerations

The benefits of a proposed project must be weighed against its unavoidable environmental effects in determining whether to approve it. Where the department allows the occurrence of significant environmental effects which are identified in the final EIR but are not mitigated, it must state in writing the reasons to support its action based on the final EIR and/or other information in the record. The Statement shall be included in the record of the project approval and mentioned in the Notice of Determination.

1. Amendment filed 5-5-82; designated effective 6-2-82 pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register 82, No. 19).

Note: Authority cited: Section 21082, Public Resources Code. Reference: Title 14, CAC, Section 15050; Section 21100, Public Resources Code; and San Francisco Ecology Center v. City and County of San Francisco, 1975 48 Cal.App.3d 584.