NR 425 Final Study Guide questions with accurate
answers
____________ is the procedure used to determine what should be
included in an environmental impact analysis and the resulting
documentation of the analysis process. Ans✓✓✓ Scoping
_____________ _____________ is based on the concept that mitigation
should be adapted over time depending on how well the prescribed
measures are actually working, such as requiring additional oak tree
plantings if the initial replacement plantings required by mitigation die
after a single dry year. Ans✓✓✓ Adaptive Management
__________________ established a formal consultation process for
California Native American tribes as a part of CEQA and established
Tribal Cultural Resources as a new category of resources under
Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines. Ans✓✓✓ AB 52
__________________ required the California Office of Planning and
Research to identify new metrics for identifying and mitigating
transportation impacts within CEQA. Ans✓✓✓ SB 743
3 Steps for Establishing the Environmental Baseline Ans✓✓✓ 1.
Literature review
2. Original Studies/Investigations
3. Data compilation and synthesis
,A ___________ is a State agency having jurisdiction by law over natural
resources that are held in trust for the people of California, and which
may be affected by a project. Ans✓✓✓ Trustee Agency
According to The Daily Podcast on the California Floods, what two
major water infrastructure projects transformed the water supply
landscape in the state in the 1930s (choose two)? Ans✓✓✓ A.
Construction of the Hoover Dam
B. Construction of levees in the southern coast of CA
C. The Central Valley Project
D. The California State Water Project
Adaptive management Ans✓✓✓ Based on the concept that mitigation
should be adapted over time depending on how well measures are
actually working
Air Quality: attainment/non-attainment Ans✓✓✓ "Attainment"
indicates that the county/region meets the national ambient air quality
standard for that criteria pollutant
"Nonattainment" indicates that the county/region does not meet the
national ambient air quality standard for that criteria pollutant.
CA definition: standard was not exceeded or exceeded during a 3-year
period.
Air Quality: Criteria air pollutant Ans✓✓✓ 1. The federal Clean Air
Act (FCAA)required that the U.S. EPA establish National Ambient Air
Quality Standards(NAAQS) for certain pollutants
,2. These pollutants are referred to as "criteria" pollutants because the
USEPA publishes criteria documents to justify the choice of standards
3. These standards define the maximum amount of an air pollutant that
can be present in ambient air without harm to the public's health
Air Quality: Criteria air pollutant, examples Ans✓✓✓ 1. Particulate
Matter (PM2.5 and PM10)
2. Ozone (0 3)
3. Carbon Monoxide (CO)
4. Toxic Air Contaminants
Air Quality: Cumulative impacts Ans✓✓✓ "two or more individual
effects which, when considered together, are considerable or which
compound or increase other environmental impacts." (Section 15355)
Involves evaluating the "incremental impact of the project when added
to other closely related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable
probable future projects."
By looking outside of a particular project site or action, a cumulative
impact analysis allows decisionmakers to look at the impacts of a project
within the greater context.
Air Quality: sensitive receptor Ans✓✓✓ Sensitive receptors are people
that have an increased sensitivity to air pollution or environmental
contaminants, such as the elderly, children, people with asthma or other
, respiratory illnesses, and others who are at a heightened risk of negative
health outcomes due to exposure to air pollution
Sensitive receptor locations can include: Schools, Parks and
playgrounds, Day care centers, Nursing homes, Hospitals, Residences
Also look at asbestos - manmade at naturally occurring for these groups
Air Quality: stationary and mobile sources Ans✓✓✓
An applicant comes into the planning department and submits an
application for a land use development permit.
1. Who is responsible for reviewing the submitted application for
completeness?
2. What is the maximum amount of time the applicant should expect to
pass before they receive a notification Ans✓✓✓
Applications for a Section 10(1)(b) Incidental Take Permit pursuant to
the Federal Endangered Species must include a ____________
_____________ Plan. Ans✓✓✓ Habitat Alteration
Based on a recent state Supreme Court decision, the California
Endangered Species Act's definition of "fish" has been legally extended
to include invertebrates, such as insects. Ans✓✓✓ True
answers
____________ is the procedure used to determine what should be
included in an environmental impact analysis and the resulting
documentation of the analysis process. Ans✓✓✓ Scoping
_____________ _____________ is based on the concept that mitigation
should be adapted over time depending on how well the prescribed
measures are actually working, such as requiring additional oak tree
plantings if the initial replacement plantings required by mitigation die
after a single dry year. Ans✓✓✓ Adaptive Management
__________________ established a formal consultation process for
California Native American tribes as a part of CEQA and established
Tribal Cultural Resources as a new category of resources under
Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines. Ans✓✓✓ AB 52
__________________ required the California Office of Planning and
Research to identify new metrics for identifying and mitigating
transportation impacts within CEQA. Ans✓✓✓ SB 743
3 Steps for Establishing the Environmental Baseline Ans✓✓✓ 1.
Literature review
2. Original Studies/Investigations
3. Data compilation and synthesis
,A ___________ is a State agency having jurisdiction by law over natural
resources that are held in trust for the people of California, and which
may be affected by a project. Ans✓✓✓ Trustee Agency
According to The Daily Podcast on the California Floods, what two
major water infrastructure projects transformed the water supply
landscape in the state in the 1930s (choose two)? Ans✓✓✓ A.
Construction of the Hoover Dam
B. Construction of levees in the southern coast of CA
C. The Central Valley Project
D. The California State Water Project
Adaptive management Ans✓✓✓ Based on the concept that mitigation
should be adapted over time depending on how well measures are
actually working
Air Quality: attainment/non-attainment Ans✓✓✓ "Attainment"
indicates that the county/region meets the national ambient air quality
standard for that criteria pollutant
"Nonattainment" indicates that the county/region does not meet the
national ambient air quality standard for that criteria pollutant.
CA definition: standard was not exceeded or exceeded during a 3-year
period.
Air Quality: Criteria air pollutant Ans✓✓✓ 1. The federal Clean Air
Act (FCAA)required that the U.S. EPA establish National Ambient Air
Quality Standards(NAAQS) for certain pollutants
,2. These pollutants are referred to as "criteria" pollutants because the
USEPA publishes criteria documents to justify the choice of standards
3. These standards define the maximum amount of an air pollutant that
can be present in ambient air without harm to the public's health
Air Quality: Criteria air pollutant, examples Ans✓✓✓ 1. Particulate
Matter (PM2.5 and PM10)
2. Ozone (0 3)
3. Carbon Monoxide (CO)
4. Toxic Air Contaminants
Air Quality: Cumulative impacts Ans✓✓✓ "two or more individual
effects which, when considered together, are considerable or which
compound or increase other environmental impacts." (Section 15355)
Involves evaluating the "incremental impact of the project when added
to other closely related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable
probable future projects."
By looking outside of a particular project site or action, a cumulative
impact analysis allows decisionmakers to look at the impacts of a project
within the greater context.
Air Quality: sensitive receptor Ans✓✓✓ Sensitive receptors are people
that have an increased sensitivity to air pollution or environmental
contaminants, such as the elderly, children, people with asthma or other
, respiratory illnesses, and others who are at a heightened risk of negative
health outcomes due to exposure to air pollution
Sensitive receptor locations can include: Schools, Parks and
playgrounds, Day care centers, Nursing homes, Hospitals, Residences
Also look at asbestos - manmade at naturally occurring for these groups
Air Quality: stationary and mobile sources Ans✓✓✓
An applicant comes into the planning department and submits an
application for a land use development permit.
1. Who is responsible for reviewing the submitted application for
completeness?
2. What is the maximum amount of time the applicant should expect to
pass before they receive a notification Ans✓✓✓
Applications for a Section 10(1)(b) Incidental Take Permit pursuant to
the Federal Endangered Species must include a ____________
_____________ Plan. Ans✓✓✓ Habitat Alteration
Based on a recent state Supreme Court decision, the California
Endangered Species Act's definition of "fish" has been legally extended
to include invertebrates, such as insects. Ans✓✓✓ True
