California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 2.5 - Definitions

• Section 21060.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1154.)
• Section 21060.1.
  (a) “Agricultural land” means prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance, or unique farmland, as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture land inventory and monitoring...
• Section 21060.3.
  “Emergency” means a sudden, unexpected occurrence, involving a clear and imminent danger, demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss of, or damage to, life,...
• Section 21060.5.
  “Environment” means the physical conditions which exist within the area which will be affected by a proposed project, including land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna,...
• Section 21061.
  “Environmental impact report” means a detailed statement setting forth the matters specified in Sections 21100 and 21100.1; provided that information or data which is relevant...
• Section 21061.1.
  “Feasible” means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.(Added...
• Section 21061.2.
  “Land evaluation and site assessment” means a decisionmaking methodology for assessing the potential environmental impact of state and local projects on agricultural land.(Added by Stats....
• Section 21061.3.
  “Infill site” means a site in an urbanized area that meets either of the following criteria:(a) The site has not been previously developed for urban uses...
• Section 21062.
  “Local agency” means any public agency other than a state agency, board, or commission. For purposes of this division a redevelopment agency and a local...
• Section 21063.
  “Public agency” includes any state agency, board, or commission, any county, city and county, city, regional agency, public district, redevelopment agency, or other political subdivision.(Added...
• Section 21064.
  “Negative declaration” means a written statement briefly describing the reasons that a proposed project will not have a significant effect on the environment and does...
• Section 21064.3.
  “Major transit stop” means a site containing an existing rail transit station, a ferry terminal served by either a bus or rail transit service, or...
• Section 21064.5.
  “Mitigated negative declaration” means a negative declaration prepared for a project when the initial study has identified potentially significant effects on the environment, but (1)...
• Section 21065.
  “Project” means an activity which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment,...
• Section 21065.3.
  “Project-specific effect” means all the direct or indirect environmental effects of a project other than cumulative effects and growth-inducing effects.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1039,...
• Section 21065.5.
  “Geothermal exploratory project” means a project as defined in Section 21065 composed of not more than six wells and associated drilling and testing equipment, whose...
• Section 21066.
  “Person” includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust, corporation, limited liability company, company, district, county, city and county, city, town, the state, and...
• Section 21067.
  “Lead agency” means the public agency which has the principal responsibility for carrying out or approving a project which may have a significant effect upon...
• Section 21068.
  “Significant effect on the environment” means a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in the environment.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1312.)
• Section 21068.5.
  “Tiering” or “tier” means the coverage of general matters and environmental effects in an environmental impact report prepared for a policy, plan, program or ordinance...
• Section 21069.
  “Responsible agency” means a public agency, other than the lead agency, which has responsibility for carrying out or approving a project.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch.
• Section 21070.
  “Trustee agency” means a state agency that has jurisdiction by law over natural resources affected by a project, that are held in trust for the...
• Section 21071.
  “Urbanized area” means either of the following:(a) An incorporated city that meets either of the following criteria:(1) Has a population of at least 100,000 persons.(2) Has a population...
• Section 21072.
  “Qualified urban use” means any residential, commercial, public institutional, transit or transportation passenger facility, or retail use, or any combination of those uses.(Added by Stats....
• Section 21073.
  “California Native American tribe” means a Native American tribe located in California that is on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission...
• Section 21074.
  (a) “Tribal cultural resources” are either of the following:(1) Sites, features, places, cultural landscapes, sacred places, and objects with cultural value to a California Native American tribe...

Last modified: October 22, 2018