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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2019) ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM CEQA <br /> <br /> <br />2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 3-6 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />of Division 5), the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with <br />Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code), and other applicable state laws, <br />and with all applicable federal laws. <br /> <br />This exemption does not apply to a project in which the diameter of the pipeline is increased <br />or to a project undertaken within the boundaries of an oil refinery. <br /> <br />For purposes of this exemption, the following definitions apply: <br /> <br />(a) “Pipeline” includes every intrastate pipeline used for the transportation of hazardous liquid <br />substances or highly volatile liquid substances, including a common carrier pipeline, and <br />all piping containing those substances located within a refined products bulk loading <br />facility which is owned by a common carrier and is served by a pipeline of that common <br />carrier, and the common carrier owns and serves by pipeline at least five such facilities in <br />the state. “Pipeline” does not include the following: <br />(1) An interstate pipeline subject to Part 195 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal <br />Regulations. <br />(2) A pipeline for the transportation of a hazardous liquid substance in a <br />gaseous state. <br />(3) A pipeline for the transportation of crude oil that operates by gravity or at <br />a stress level of 20 percent or less of the specified minimum yield strength <br />of the pipe. <br />(4) Transportation of petroleum in onshore gathering lines located in rural <br />areas. <br />(5) A pipeline for the transportation of a hazardous liquid substance offshore <br />located upstream from the outlet flange of each facility on the Outer <br />Continental Shelf where hydrocarbons are produced or where produced <br />hydrocarbons are first separated, dehydrated, or otherwise processed, <br />whichever facility is farther downstream. <br />(6) Transportation of a hazardous liquid by a flow line. <br />(7) A pipeline for the transportation of a hazardous liquid substance through <br />an onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facility, including a <br />storage or in plant piping system associated with that facility. <br />(8) Transportation of a hazardous liquid substance by vessel, aircraft, tank <br />truck, tank car, or other vehicle or terminal facilities used exclusively to <br />transfer hazardous liquids between those modes of transportation. <br />3.13 CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECTS. <br />CEQA does not apply to the construction, conversion, or use of residential housing if the <br />project meets all of the general requirements described in Section A below and satisfies the specific <br />requirements for any one of the following three categories: (1) agricultural housing (Section B <br />below), (2) affordable housing projects in urbanized areas (Section C below), or (3) affordable <br />housing projects near major transit stops (Section D below).