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Cal. Public Resources Code § 21068.5 (2026)

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“Tiering” or “tier” means the coverage of general matters and environmental effects in an environmental impact report prepared for a policy, plan, program or ordinance followed by narrower or site-specific environmental impact reports which incorporate by reference the discussion in any prior environmental impact report and which concentrate on the environmental effects which (a) are capable of being mitigated, or (b) were not analyzed as significant effects on the environment in the prior environmental impact report.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1996–2009 · leading case: Stanislaus Nat. Heritage Proj. v. Cnty. of Stanislaus, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5985 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996).
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Stanislaus Nat. Heritage Proj. v. Cnty. of Stanislaus, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5985 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “) Public Resources Code sections 21068.5, 21093 and 21094 govern the use of “tiered” EIR’s.”
Plan. & Conservation League v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, 180 Cal. App. 4th 210 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009). “3 Public Resources Code section 21068.5 states: “ ‘Tiering’ .”
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