Environmental & Energy,
California Supreme Court
Sep. 1, 2020
High court well-permit ruling gets it right on CEQA’s scope
In resolving a dispute over Stanislaus County’s blanket exemption of water well construction permits from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, the California Supreme Court addressed a significant limitation on CEQA’s scope — its exemption for “ministerial” projects — and got it right.
Arthur F. Coon
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Miller Starr Regalia
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Email: arthur.coon@msrlegal.com
UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA
Arthur has litigated land use and CEQA cases for more than 30 years. He is the principal author of the web blog CEQA Developments, authors the CEQA chapter of Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th, a 12-volume encyclopedia on California real estate law, and in 1986-1987 served as a law clerk for California Supreme Court Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas.
In resolving a dispute over Stanislaus County's blanket exemption of water well construction permits from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, the California Supreme Court addressed a significant limitation on CEQA's scope -- its exemption for "ministerial" projects -- and got it right. The court's August 26 opinion in $95
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