Agenda
- 1. CEQA 2010: Update, Issues and Trends
June 9, 2010
Agenda
(Note: Except for start and end of workshop – all times are approximate)
9:00‐9:30 ‐ Introduction and CEQA Scoreboard
Speakers
Topics
Materials
CEQA Scoreboard
9:30‐10:15 ‐ Legislative Update
2009 Legislation (enacted)
2010 Legislation (proposed)
10:15‐10:30 ‐ Break
10:30‐12:00 – CEQA Case Law
Cases in the California Supreme Court
Definition of “project” and “approval”
Statutory and Categorical Exemptions
Negative Declarations and Mitigated Negative Declarations
12:00‐1:00 Lunch
1:00‐2:15 ‐ CEQA Case Law, contd.
Environmental Impact Reports
Certified regulatory programs
Litigation and procedural cases
2:15‐2:30 ‐ Break
2:30‐3:30 ‐ CEQA and Climate Change Update
CEQA Guidelines Revisions addressing GHG impacts
Other climate change developments affecting CEQA
Council on Environmental Quality ‐ Proposed NEPA Climate Change Guidance: Comparison to
CEQA
3:30 – 4:30 – Other CEQA Developments and Trends