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An environmental summary by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.

Legislation

Aesthetics

Agriculture and Forestry

• Williamson Act
• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

Air Quality

• Clean Air Act

Biological Resources

• California Endangered Species Act (CESA)
• Endangered Species Act (ESA) (United States)
  • Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs)
• Magnuson-Stevens Act
• Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA)
• Natural Community Conservation Planning Act (NCCP)

Environmental Impact Assessment

• The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
  • CEQA Glossary
  • CEQA review and land use planning
  • CEQA projects in California's Central Coast Region
  • Agencies that are lead applicants in CEQA
  • Hydrology and Water Quality Components of Central Coast CEQA Documents
  • Hydrology and Water Quality CEQA Mitigation Measures
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Cultural Resources

Geology and Soils

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Clean Air Act
• Affordable Clean Energy Rule

Hazards and Hazardous Materials

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
  • Emergency Planning & Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
• Toxic Substances Control Act
• Pollution Prevention Act

Hydrology & Water Quality

• Clean Water Act (CWA)
  • Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
  • Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act
• Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)
• California Proposition 13 (2000)
• California Proposition 50 (2002)
• California Proposition 87 (2006)
• California Proposition 1 (2014)
• California AB 1668 (2018)
• California SB 606 (2018)

Land Use & Planning

• California Coastal Act
• Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
• Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA)

Mineral Resources

• Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA)

Tribal Cultural Resources

• Antiquities Act

Utilities & Public Service Systems

• California Emergency Services Act
  • California SB 901 (2018)
• California SB 100 (2018)

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