CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
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administrative regulation
environmental regulation
implementing regulation of the California Environmental Quality Act
state regulation
CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations are the official statewide regulations that implement and interpret the California Environmental Quality Act, detailing procedures for environmental review of public and private projects in California.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CEQA Guidelines | 1 |
| CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations canonical | 1 |
| Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2447162 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations Context triple: [California Environmental Quality Act, hasGuidelines, CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations]
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A.
California Environmental Quality Act
The California Environmental Quality Act is a state law that requires government agencies to identify, disclose, and mitigate significant environmental impacts of proposed projects before approving them.
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B.
California Coastal Act of 1976
The California Coastal Act of 1976 is a landmark state law that establishes comprehensive protections and planning controls for California’s coastal zone to preserve coastal resources, public access, and environmental quality.
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C.
California Rules of Court
The California Rules of Court are a comprehensive set of procedural and administrative regulations governing the operation of California’s state court system.
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D.
California Desert Protection Act of 1994
The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 is a U.S. federal law that significantly expanded protections for California’s desert ecosystems by creating new national parks and preserves and upgrading existing federal lands to higher conservation status.
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E.
California air quality standards
California air quality standards are state-level regulations that set stricter limits on air pollutants than federal requirements to protect public health and the environment in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations Target entity description: CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations are the official statewide regulations that implement and interpret the California Environmental Quality Act, detailing procedures for environmental review of public and private projects in California.
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A.
California Environmental Quality Act
The California Environmental Quality Act is a state law that requires government agencies to identify, disclose, and mitigate significant environmental impacts of proposed projects before approving them.
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B.
California Coastal Act of 1976
The California Coastal Act of 1976 is a landmark state law that establishes comprehensive protections and planning controls for California’s coastal zone to preserve coastal resources, public access, and environmental quality.
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C.
California Rules of Court
The California Rules of Court are a comprehensive set of procedural and administrative regulations governing the operation of California’s state court system.
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D.
California Desert Protection Act of 1994
The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 is a U.S. federal law that significantly expanded protections for California’s desert ecosystems by creating new national parks and preserves and upgrading existing federal lands to higher conservation status.
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E.
California air quality standards
California air quality standards are state-level regulations that set stricter limits on air pollutants than federal requirements to protect public health and the environment in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative regulation
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environmental regulation ⓘ implementing regulation of the California Environmental Quality Act ⓘ state regulation ⓘ |
| administeredBy | California Natural Resources Agency ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
local agencies in California
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private projects in California with discretionary governmental approvals ⓘ public projects in California ⓘ special districts in California ⓘ state agencies in California ⓘ |
| bindingOn | state agencies in California ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | California Code of Regulations ⓘ |
| codifiedInTitle | Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| defines |
baseline environmental conditions
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cumulative impacts ⓘ lead agency under CEQA ⓘ mitigation ⓘ project for purposes of CEQA ⓘ responsible agency under CEQA ⓘ significant effect on the environment ⓘ trustee agency under CEQA ⓘ |
| developedBy | California Natural Resources Agency ⓘ |
| implements | California Environmental Quality Act ⓘ |
| influenceOn | local agency environmental review practices in California ⓘ |
| interprets | California Environmental Quality Act ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
California, United States
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surface form:
State of California
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
California Environmental Quality Act
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California Public Resources Code ⓘ |
| officialName |
CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act
|
| purpose |
to establish uniform statewide procedures for CEQA compliance
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to guide public agencies in implementing CEQA ⓘ |
| region |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| requires |
consideration of feasible mitigation measures
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consideration of feasible project alternatives ⓘ preparation of environmental impact reports for projects with significant environmental effects ⓘ public disclosure of environmental impacts ⓘ public participation in environmental review ⓘ |
| shortName |
CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
CEQA Guidelines
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| subjectMatter |
alternatives analysis
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categorical exemptions ⓘ environmental impact assessment ⓘ environmental impact reports ⓘ environmental review procedures ⓘ findings and statements of overriding considerations ⓘ initial studies ⓘ judicial review under CEQA ⓘ mitigated negative declarations ⓘ mitigation measures ⓘ negative declarations ⓘ program environmental impact reports ⓘ public notice and comment procedures ⓘ statutory exemptions ⓘ subsequent and supplemental environmental impact reports ⓘ tiering of environmental review ⓘ time limits for environmental review ⓘ |
| updatedBy | California Natural Resources Agency through formal rulemaking ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations Description of subject: CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations are the official statewide regulations that implement and interpret the California Environmental Quality Act, detailing procedures for environmental review of public and private projects in California.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
California Environmental Quality Act
→
hasGuidelines
→
CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
ⓘ
CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
→
officialName
→
CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act
CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
→
shortName
→
CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
CEQA Guidelines