Nov 2009
RTP Guidelines Revision Process
11/18/09 Filed in: Climate
Change |
Transportation
Planning
The California
Transportation Commission is conducting a thorough
process to revise the statewide Regional
Transportation Plan Guidelines, in response to all
the changes resulting from SB 375. That law requires
RTPs to contain a sustainable communities strategy,
which attempts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to
meet a target set by the State Air Resources Board.
Check out the CTC webpage.
Statewide CEQA Guidelines Revisions
11/15/09 Filed in: Climate
Change
In response to SB 97
and AB 32, the California Resources Agency has been
revising the Guidelines under which the California
Environmental Quality Act is implemented. These
revisions call for the analysis of greenhouse gas
emissions as part of standard environmental review
under CEQA, including the analysis of the impacts of
the emissions and their mitigation. Check out
their website.
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