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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2023) ACTNITIES EXEMPT FROM CEQA <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 />3.12 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). <br />A. General Requirements. The construction, conversion, or use of residential <br />housing units affordable to low-income households (as defined in Local Guidelines <br />Section 11.36) located on an infill site in an urbanized area is exempt from CEQA <br />if all of the following general requirements are satisfied: <br />(1) The project is consistent with: <br />(a) Any applicable general plan, specific plan, or local coastal <br />program, including any mitigation measures required by such <br />plan or program, as that plan or program existed on the date that <br />the application was deemed complete; and <br />(b) Any applicable zoning ordinance, as that zoning ordinance <br />existed on the date that the application was deemed complete. <br />2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 3-7 ®Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />