PART 1. PERMITS [71000. - 71031.]

Part 1 heading added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1112, Sec. 3.

§§ 71000–71031 · 22 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Legislative Findings and Intent §§ 71000–71001 · 2 sections

   • § 71000 This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Environmental Protection Permit Reform Act of 1993.
   • § 71001 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s environmental protection programs have established strict standards to reduce…
2. CHAPTER 2. Definitions §§ 71010–71017 · 8 sections

   • § 71010 “Secretary” means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
   • § 71011 “Environmental agency” means any of the following: (a) The Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, the State Air…
   • § 71012 “Environmental permit” means any license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by an environmental agency to engage in a…
   • § 71013 “Project” means an activity, the conduct of which requires an environmental permit from two or more environmental agencies.
   • § 71014 “Consolidated permit” means a permit incorporating the environmental permits granted by environmental agencies for a project and issued in a single permit…
   • § 71015 “Consolidated permit agency” means the environmental agency that has the greatest overall jurisdiction over a project, as determined pursuant to Section 71020.
   • § 71016 “Participating permit agency” means an environmental agency, other than the consolidated permit agency, that is responsible for the issuance of an…
   • § 71017 (a) “Council” means the California Environmental Policy Council. (b) The council is hereby created and consists of the following members or their designees:…
3. CHAPTER 3. Consolidated Permits §§ 71020–71029 · 10 sections

   • § 71020 (a) On or before January 1, 1995, the secretary shall establish an administrative process which may be used, at the request of a permit applicant for a project…
   • § 71021 (a) A permit applicant for a project may request the secretary to designate a consolidated permit agency to administer the processing and issuance of a…
   • § 71022 (a) Within 15 working days of the date that the consolidated permit agency is designated, the consolidated permit agency shall convene a meeting with the…
   • § 71023 (a) The permit applicant may withdraw from the consolidated permit process by submitting to the consolidated permit agency a written request that the process…
   • § 71024 The consolidated permit agency shall ensure that the participating permit agencies make all the environmental permit decisions that are necessary for the…
   • § 71025 Each environmental permit incorporated in the consolidated permit shall have the legal status and the regulatory effect that is specified in the statute and…
   • § 71026 (a) A consolidated permit agency may charge and collect a reasonable fee from any person seeking a consolidated permit to recover the estimated costs incurred…
   • § 71027 A petition by the permit applicant for review of an environmental agency action in issuing, denying, or amending an environmental permit, or any portion of a…
   • § 71028 If an applicant petitions for a significant amendment or modification to a consolidated permit application or any of its component environmental permit…
   • § 71029 If an applicant fails to provide information required for the processing of the component environmental permit applications for a consolidated permit or for…
4. CHAPTER 4. Time Limit Appeals §§ 71030–71031 · 2 sections

   • § 71030 (a) On or before December 31, 1994, the secretary shall adopt regulations establishing an expedited appeals process by which a petitioner or applicant may…
   • § 71031 (a) Each state environmental agency, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 71011, in consultation and coordination with all interested parties, may…