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DIVISION 13. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY [21000 - 21189.91]›CHAPTER 2.6. General [21080 - 21098]›§ 21080

§ 21080.70

Public Resources Code §§ 21000–21189.91 — California Environmental Quality Act · 2026 edition · updated 2026-07-29 · California

21080.70. (a) This division does not apply to a project that consists of the development, construction, or operation of a heavy maintenance facility or other maintenance facility for electrically powered high-speed rail, if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The project has been evaluated in a prior project-level environmental impact report prepared pursuant to this division and that prior report evaluated one or more similar high-speed rail maintenance facility sites.

(2) The project incorporates all applicable mitigation measures identified in those prior project-level environmental impact reports.

(3) The project site is located within one mile of rail right-of-way approved for high-speed rail service.

(b) This division does not apply to a project that consists of the development, construction, or modification of a proposed passenger rail station, or design changes to a passenger rail station, for the purpose of serving electrically powered high-speed rail, if both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The station or station design change is located within the resource study area of a previously certified environmental impact report prepared pursuant to this division for a high-speed rail or passenger rail project.

(2) The project incorporates all applicable mitigation measures identified in the previously certified environmental impact report.

(c) For purposes of this section, “high-speed rail” means the California high-speed rail project and other high-speed rail projects in California that are planned to directly connect to the California high-speed rail project.

(d) This section does not apply to any project on or within natural and protected lands as defined in Section 21067.5.

(e) The exemptions provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall apply exclusively to projects described in those subdivisions and do not exempt any other facilities, structures, or uses not expressly identified. Any other project uses shall be subject to this division unless independently exempt under a separate provision of law.

(Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 24, Sec. 16. (SB 131) Effective June 30, 2025.)

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▸ Contents — Public Resources Code §§ 21000–21189.91 — California Environmental Quality Act
Public Resources Code §§ 21000–21189.91 — California Environmental Quality Act
  1. Public Resources Code §§ 21000–21189.91 — California Environme…
  2. ▸ DIVISION 13. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY [21000 - 21189.91]
    Overview
    1. CHAPTER 1. Policy [21000 - 21006]
    2. CHAPTER 2. Short Title [21050- 21050.]
    3. CHAPTER 2.5. Definitions [21060 - 21074]
    4. ▸ CHAPTER 2.6. General [21080 - 21098]
      Overview
      1. ▸ § 21080
        Overview
        1. § 21080.01
        2. § 21080.02
        3. § 21080.03
        4. § 21080.04
        5. § 21080.05
        6. § 21080.07
        7. § 21080.085
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        10. § 21080.1
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        14. § 21080.5
        15. § 21080.8
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      2. § 21081
      3. § 21082
      4. § 21083
      5. § 21084
      6. § 21085
      7. § 21086
      8. § 21087
      9. § 21088
      10. § 21089
      11. § 21090
      12. § 21091
      13. § 21092
      14. § 21093
      15. § 21094
      16. § 21095
      17. § 21096
      18. § 21097
      19. § 21098
    5. CHAPTER 2.7. Modernization of Transportation Analysis for Tran…
    6. CHAPTER 3. State Agencies, Boards and Commissions [21100 - 211…
    7. CHAPTER 4. Local Agencies [21150 - 21154]
    8. CHAPTER 4.2. Implementation of the Sustainable Communities Str…
    9. CHAPTER 4.3. Housing Sustainability Districts [21155.10 - 2115…
    10. CHAPTER 4.5. Streamlined Environmental Review [21156 - 21159.33]
    11. CHAPTER 5. Submission of Information [21160 - 21161]
    12. CHAPTER 5.5. No Place Like Home Projects [21163 - 21163.4]
    13. CHAPTER 6. Limitations [21165 - 21177]
    14. CHAPTER 6.5. Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environment…
    15. CHAPTER 6.9. Old Town Center Redevelopment in the City of San …
    16. CHAPTER 7. Infrastructure Projects [21189.80 - 21189.91]

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