2019-050 -Adopting Local CEQA Guidelines

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Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (2019) LEAD AND RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES delegated authority to a subsidiary board or official to approve a project, the City hereby delegates to that subsidiary board or official the authority to make all necessary CEQA determinations, including whether an EIR, Negative Declaration, Mitigated Negative Declaration CEQA determination shall be subject to appeal consistent with the City appeals. 2.04 P ROJECTS R ELATING TO D EVELOPMENT OF H AZARDOUS W ASTE AND O THER S ITES. An applicant for a development project must submit a signed statement to the City, as Lead Agency, stating whether the project and any alternatives are located on a site that is included in any list compiled by the Secretary for Environmental Protection of the California ardous waste sites and other specified sites located in the City following information: (a) (b) Address of site, and local agency (city/county); (c) ook, page, and parcel number; and (d) The list which includes the site, identification number, and date of list. Before accepting as complete an application for any development project as defined in Local Guidelines Section 11.17, the City, as Lead Agency, shall consult lists compiled by the Secretary for Environmental Protection of the California EPA pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 listing hazardous waste sites and other specified sites located in the City boundaries. When acting as Lead Agency, the City shall notify an applicant for a development project if the project site is located on such a list and not already identified. In the Notice of Intent to Adopt a Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration (see Local Guidelines Section 6.04) or the Notice of Preparation of Draft EIR (see Local Guidelines Section 7.03), the City shall specify the California EPA list, if any, that includes the project site, and shall provide This provision does not apply to projects for which applications have been deemed complete on or before January 1, 1992. 2.05 R ESPONSIBLE A GENCY P RINCIPLE. When a project is to be carried out or approved by more than one public agency, all public agencies other than the Lead Agency that have discretionary approval power over the project shall be identified as Responsible Agencies. 2.06 D UTIES OF A R ESPONSIBLE A GENCY. When it is identified as a Responsible Agency, the City shall consider the environmental documents prepared or caused to be prepared by the Lead Agency and reach its own conclusions on whether and how to approve the project involved. The City shall also both respond to consultation and attend meetings as requested by the Lead Agency to assist the Lead Agency in preparing adequate environmental documents. The City should also review and comment on 2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 2-3 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP