Agencies that are lead applicants in CEQA

Summary

• The lead agency is a public agency that is responsible for carrying out its own project, or is responsible for overseeing a private project. The precise definition in the text of CEQA is:

Lead agency means the public agency which has the principal responsibility for carrying out or approving a project which may have a significant effect upon the environment.

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