Pub. Resources Code § 21083.6
CEQA: General Provisions, Exemptions and Review

Pub. Resources Code § 21083.6

Combined EIR-EIS time limit waiverDIVISION 13. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › CHAPTER 2.6. General

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The lead agency may waive EIR time limits to prepare a combined EIR-EIS when that is faster than separate documents.

  • When it applies. The project requires both a CEQA EIR and a NEPA environmental impact statement. (single paragraph)
  • Applicant request. The applicant may request a waiver of the time limits in § 21100.2 or § 21151.5. (single paragraph)
  • Lead agency findings. The lead agency may waive the limits if it finds additional time is required for a combined document and that the combined document would take less time than two separate documents. (single paragraph)

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§ 21083.6

In the event that a project requires both an environmental impact report prepared pursuant to the requirements of this division and an environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, an applicant may request and the lead agency may waive the time limits established pursuant to Section 21100.2 or 21151.5 if it finds that additional time is required to prepare a combined environmental impact report-environmental impact statement and that the time required to prepare such a combined document would be shorter than that required to prepare each document separately.

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History. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1200.)

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