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 7 - Contents of Environmental Documents
Section 6996 - Negative Declaration

Universal Citation: 25 CA Code of Regs 6996

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) A Negative Declaration shall be prepared for a project which could have a potentially significant effect on the environment, but which the Lead Agency finds on the basis of an Initial Study will not have a significant effect on the environment.

(b) Contents of a Negative Declaration shall include:

(1) A brief description of the project, including a commonly used name for the project, if any.

(2) The location of the project and the name of the project proponent.

(3) A finding that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment.

(4) An attached copy of the Initial Study documenting reasons to support the finding.

(5) Mitigation measures, if any, included in the project to avoid potentially significant effects.

1. Amendment of NOTE 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; and Section 21080(c), Public Resources Code.

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