Chapter 5:  Submission of Information

 

 

 

§ 21160. Application for lease, permit, license, 

etc.; data and information; purpose; trade secrets

Whenever any person applies to any public agency for a

lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement for use,

the public agency may require that person to submit data and

information which may be necessary to enable the public agency to

determine whether the proposed project may have a significant effect

on the environment or to prepare an environmental impact report.

   If any or all of the information so submitted is a "trade secret"

as defined in Section 6254.7 of the Government Code by those

submitting that information, it shall not be included in the impact

report or otherwise disclosed by any public agency.  This section

shall not be construed to prohibit the exchange of properly

designated trade secrets between public agencies who have lawful

jurisdiction over the preparation of the impact report.

§ 21161. Completion of impact report; notice; validity of project

Whenever a public agency has completed an environmental

impact report, it shall cause a notice of completion of that report

to be filed with the Office of Planning and Research.  The notice of

completion shall briefly identify the project and shall indicate that

an environmental impact report has been prepared.  Failure to file

the notice required by this section shall not affect the validity of

a project.

§ 21162. Notice of completion of impact report

A copy of the notice of completion of an environmental

impact report on a project shall be provided, by the State

Clearinghouse, to any legislator in whose district the project has an

environmental impact, if the legislator requests the notice and the

State Clearinghouse has received it.