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Decisions Pending and Opportunities for Public Participation
The Government Modernization, Efficiency, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2005 requires that State agencies post information on their web sites about public meetings, proposed regulations, and how to comment or otherwise participate. To meet the requirements of the act, this page provides links to the various parts of California State Parks' website where the information is already housed. Meeting Information
How to Participate Accessibility District Accessibility Resource Group (DARG) (information) Business and Contracting Small Business & Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (Information) Small Business and DVBE Advocates (Information) Doing Business with State Government (http://www.calbusiness.ca.gov/cedpdbsell.asp) General Plans In Progress (Public Workshops) How You Can Help Cooperating Associations Program (information) State Parks Foundation (information) Supporting Organizations (information) Volunteering (information) (Application) Laws/Regulations to Current Public Proceeding California Code of Regulations (Information) At this time, there are no pending proposed statutes or regulations. Submit Your Comments on Draft Regulations To send us comments or suggestions, please send email to: info@parks.ca.gov At this time, there are no pending proposed regulations. Proposed Rulemaking Notices By law, all California State Agencies must consider suggestions and objections from the public before they adopt or change any regulation not expressly exempted from the California Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Pending changes to California Statues that have been initiated by the Department of Parks and Recreation are listed below.
Public Meeting Notices & Announcements December 2008 February 2007 02-06-2007 California Indian Heritage Center Task Force Meeting Notice & Agenda 02-26-2007 CIHC Task Force Meeting Notice and Agenda January 2007
01-17-2007 Safe Neighborhood Parks Meeting Notice & Agenda 01-17-2007 California Clean Water Meeting Notice & Agenda 01-17-2007 Water Security Meeting Notice & Agenda August 2006 Pending Proposition 84 Acquisitions for Natural Resource Protection
CEQA Notices CEQA - the California Environmental Quality Act, is a statute that requires state and local agencies to identify the significant environmental impacts of their actions and to avoid or mitigate those impacts, if feasible. A public agency must comply with CEQA when it undertakes an activity defined by CEQA as a "project." A project is an activity undertaken by a public agency or a private activity which must receive some discretionary approval (meaning that the agency has the authority to deny the requested permit or approval) from a government agency which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect change in the environment. Most proposals for physical development in California are subject to the provisions of CEQA, as are many governmental decisions which do not immediately result in physical development (such as adoption of a general or community plan). Every development project which requires a discretionary governmental approval will require at least some environmental review pursuant to CEQA, unless an exemption applies. The environmental review required imposes both procedural and substantive requirements. At a minimum, an initial review of the project and its environmental effects must be conducted. Depending on the potential effects, a further, and more substantial, review may be conducted in the form of an environmental impact report (EIR). A project may not be approved as submitted if feasible alternatives or mitigation measures are able to substantially lessen the significant environmental effects of the project.
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