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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update <br />Final EIR Errata <br /> <br /> <br />FirstCarbon Solutions 3-11 <br />https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/EIR/4 - Final EIR/21480022 Sec03-00 Errata.docx <br />Chapter 2—Project Description <br />Page 2-40, Second Full Paragraph <br />To prov ide clarification, the following paragraph has been revised: <br />Pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15367, the City is the lead agency and has <br />discretionary authority over the Housing Element Update and project approvals. <br />The programmatic level of analysis has been prepared pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines <br />Section 15168. Under Section 15168(c), “[l]ater activities in the program must be examined <br />in the light of the program EIR to determine whether an additional environmental document <br />must be prepared.” Several streamlining options are possible, including, but not limited to: <br />(1) the later activity may be found to be “within the scope of the project covered by the <br />program EIR,” in which case “no new environmental document would be required”; or (2) <br />only minor changes or additions are necessary in which case an addendum is appropriate <br />(State CEQA Guidelines § 15164); or (3) the later activity may be found to be consistent with <br />the zoning established by the General Plan for which an EIR was certified, in which case no <br />additional environmental review is required (State CEQA Guidelines § 15183). or (4) such <br />findings cannot be made and a new project-specific Mitigated Negative Declaration or EIR <br />would be required, depending on the scope of the effects of the later activity. <br />As described in section 15168(c): <br />(1) If a later activity would have effects that were not examined in the program EIR, a <br />new Initial Study would need to be prepared leading to either an EIR or a Negative <br />Declaration. That later analysis may tier from the program EIR as provided in Section <br />15152. <br />(2) If the agency finds that pursuant to Section 15162, no subsequent EIR would be <br />required, the agency can approve the activity as being within the scope of the <br />project covered by the program EIR, and no new environmental document would be <br />required. Whether a later activity is within the scope of a program EIR is a factual <br />question that the lead agency determines based on substantial evidence in the <br />record. Factors that an agency may consider in making that determination include, <br />but are not limited to, consistency of the later activity with the type of allowable <br />land use, overall planned density and building intensity, geographic area analyzed <br />for environmental impacts, and covered infrastructure, as described in the program <br />EIR. <br />(3) An agency shall incorporate feasible mitigation measures and alternatives developed <br />in the program EIR into later activities in the program. <br />(4) Where the later activities involve site specific operations, the agency should use a <br />written checklist or similar device to document the evaluation of the site and the <br />activity to determine whether the environmental effects of the operation were <br />within the scope of the program EIR. <br />(5) A program EIR will be most helpful in dealing with later activities if it provides a <br />description of planned activities that would implement the program and deals with <br />the effects of the program as specifically and comprehensively as possible. With a