Preparing an Environmental Impact Report EIR

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Preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

• Planning agency must prepare and EIR (instead of
  a negative declaration) if it can be fairly
  argued on the basis of substantial evidence that
  the project may have significant environmental
  impact.

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Preparing an Environmental Impact Report (cont.)

• What is substantial evidence?
• Relevant information and reasonable
  inferences to make a fair argument significant
  adverse environmental consequences exist.
• Must be accurate, substantiated information not
  unsubstantiated opinion, social/economic impacts
  unrelated to project, controversy, etc.