Blog: CEQA can’t stop, won’t stop regional board permit
Does CEQA prevent a Regional Water Quality Control Board from issuing its own permit under state water quality law? In Santa Clara Valley Water District v. San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (2020) 59 Cal.App.5th 199, the First Appellate District answered “no,” holding that CEQA does not bar a regional board from imposing additional requirements on a flood control project, even after the project’s final environmental impact report (FEIR) was certified.