ESP 179 FINAL EXAM |100% VERIFIED
Cumulative impacts - Answers - must account for the past, present and reasonably
foreseeable future projects
CEQA Trustee Agencies - Answers - jurisdiction over certain resources held in trust for
the people of CA but don't have legal authority over carrying out the project, CDFG,
State Lands, Parks and Rec, UC system
Regional Air Quality Control Districts - Answers - 35; 15 basins
SB 375 - Answers - primary regulatory mechanisms at state level to address GHG
emissions; also assembly bill 32
URBEMIS - Answers - Urban emissions model
CalEEMod - Answers - california emissions estimator model
NPDES - Answers - National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System
WRAPP - Answers - Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy
Regional Water Quality Control Boards - Answers - 9; administer plans, give National
Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System (NPDES) permits, CWA 401, Wetland and
Riparian Area Protection Policy
Section 404 of CWA - Answers - requires permits to discharge of pollutants includes
dredge and fill material in "Waters of the United States"
Dredge and fill: any material removed or added to "waters of US"
Deep ripping roots in wetland qualifies
Nationwide permits: projects that impact <0.5 acres, cannot impact endangered species
Individual permits: U.S. Army Corps requires permit for activity that will affect area
=>0.5 acres
"Waters of the U.S." are waters used in foreign commerce; interstate waters, tributaries
to waters, territorial seas, wetlands
Wetlands: hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, wetland hydrology
Boundary of "waters of the U.S.": ordinary high water mark
Failure to obtain 404 permit is a significant impact under CEQA
SB 610 - Answers - water related; where does water come from?; requires that a water
supply assessment be required for large projects (but regardless, must explain rationale
for doing/ not doing a water supply assessment)
, Rapanos decision - Answers - Issue: are private wetlands considered "waters of the
US" when the nearest body or navigable water is 20 miles away?; Used to determine
whether a water is a "water of the US"; Isolated waters: waterway doesn't meet
Rapanos connectivity test, then it's considered "isolated" most likely regulated only by
State of California (not US EPA); Two Courts:
Justice Scalia: navigable waters must be relatively permanent bodies of water with
continuous surface connection.
Justice Kennedy: Significant nexus test
Vineyard court case - Answers - water supply case; must have a realistic expectation of
water supply for the site
Section 106 - Answers - historic preservation act; historic sites; look into California
Historic Resource Information Systems (CHRIS) and CA Register
Sunnyvale court case - Answers - regarding traffic impacts caused by project; they
compared the road in the future with and without project implementation; ruling states
you must compare road conditions of future with project to existing conditions instead;
compare conditions of traffic between now and the future, must use existing conditions
NHPA - Answers - National historic preservation act; section 106 established historic
preservation policy; CHRIS and CA register
CHRIS - Answers - California Historical Resources Information System; database for all
historic resources, top secret
Scenic Highways - Answers - can be officially designated or eligible for the CA Scenic
Hwy. System under DoT
Scenic Vistas - Answers - no concrete definition; could include urban setting important
to a community or something that defines the aesthetic character of a community in
addition to ocean views, rivers, lakes, canyons
Streambed Alterations Agreements - Answers - no one can divert or obstruct the natural
flow or change any bed, channel or bank of a river or lake; ephemeral, intermittent, and
perennial waterways; does NOT include isolated wetlands; also includes adjacent
habitat
Clean Water Act - Answers - Administered by US Army Corps of Engineers; Nearly
unchecked dumping of pollution into waterways
Section 401: Shall provide Federal permitting agency a certification from state in which
the discharge is proposed
Before 404 is approved, applicant must obtain state certification that proposed project
complies with federal Clean Water Act standards.
Wetlands - Answers - Hydrophytic vegetation, Hydric Soils, Wetland hydrology
Cumulative impacts - Answers - must account for the past, present and reasonably
foreseeable future projects
CEQA Trustee Agencies - Answers - jurisdiction over certain resources held in trust for
the people of CA but don't have legal authority over carrying out the project, CDFG,
State Lands, Parks and Rec, UC system
Regional Air Quality Control Districts - Answers - 35; 15 basins
SB 375 - Answers - primary regulatory mechanisms at state level to address GHG
emissions; also assembly bill 32
URBEMIS - Answers - Urban emissions model
CalEEMod - Answers - california emissions estimator model
NPDES - Answers - National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System
WRAPP - Answers - Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy
Regional Water Quality Control Boards - Answers - 9; administer plans, give National
Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System (NPDES) permits, CWA 401, Wetland and
Riparian Area Protection Policy
Section 404 of CWA - Answers - requires permits to discharge of pollutants includes
dredge and fill material in "Waters of the United States"
Dredge and fill: any material removed or added to "waters of US"
Deep ripping roots in wetland qualifies
Nationwide permits: projects that impact <0.5 acres, cannot impact endangered species
Individual permits: U.S. Army Corps requires permit for activity that will affect area
=>0.5 acres
"Waters of the U.S." are waters used in foreign commerce; interstate waters, tributaries
to waters, territorial seas, wetlands
Wetlands: hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, wetland hydrology
Boundary of "waters of the U.S.": ordinary high water mark
Failure to obtain 404 permit is a significant impact under CEQA
SB 610 - Answers - water related; where does water come from?; requires that a water
supply assessment be required for large projects (but regardless, must explain rationale
for doing/ not doing a water supply assessment)
, Rapanos decision - Answers - Issue: are private wetlands considered "waters of the
US" when the nearest body or navigable water is 20 miles away?; Used to determine
whether a water is a "water of the US"; Isolated waters: waterway doesn't meet
Rapanos connectivity test, then it's considered "isolated" most likely regulated only by
State of California (not US EPA); Two Courts:
Justice Scalia: navigable waters must be relatively permanent bodies of water with
continuous surface connection.
Justice Kennedy: Significant nexus test
Vineyard court case - Answers - water supply case; must have a realistic expectation of
water supply for the site
Section 106 - Answers - historic preservation act; historic sites; look into California
Historic Resource Information Systems (CHRIS) and CA Register
Sunnyvale court case - Answers - regarding traffic impacts caused by project; they
compared the road in the future with and without project implementation; ruling states
you must compare road conditions of future with project to existing conditions instead;
compare conditions of traffic between now and the future, must use existing conditions
NHPA - Answers - National historic preservation act; section 106 established historic
preservation policy; CHRIS and CA register
CHRIS - Answers - California Historical Resources Information System; database for all
historic resources, top secret
Scenic Highways - Answers - can be officially designated or eligible for the CA Scenic
Hwy. System under DoT
Scenic Vistas - Answers - no concrete definition; could include urban setting important
to a community or something that defines the aesthetic character of a community in
addition to ocean views, rivers, lakes, canyons
Streambed Alterations Agreements - Answers - no one can divert or obstruct the natural
flow or change any bed, channel or bank of a river or lake; ephemeral, intermittent, and
perennial waterways; does NOT include isolated wetlands; also includes adjacent
habitat
Clean Water Act - Answers - Administered by US Army Corps of Engineers; Nearly
unchecked dumping of pollution into waterways
Section 401: Shall provide Federal permitting agency a certification from state in which
the discharge is proposed
Before 404 is approved, applicant must obtain state certification that proposed project
complies with federal Clean Water Act standards.
Wetlands - Answers - Hydrophytic vegetation, Hydric Soils, Wetland hydrology
