Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14 § 15146 : Natural Resources — Resources Agency — Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act — Considerations in Preparing EIRs and Negative Declarations — Degree of Specificity

The degree of specificity required in an EIR will correspond to the degree of specificity involved in the underlying activity which is described in the EIR.

(a) An EIR on a construction project will necessarily be more detailed in the specific effects of the project than will be an EIR on the adoption of a local general plan or comprehensive zoning ordinance because the effects of the construction can be predicted with greater accuracy.
(b) An EIR on a project such as the adoption or amendment of a comprehensive zoning ordinance or a local general plan should focus on the secondary effects that can be expected to follow from the adoption, or amendment, but the EIR need not be as detailed as an EIR on the specific construction projects that might follow.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 15146

Note: Authority cited: Section 21083, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 21003,21061 and 21100, Public Resources Code.

1. Change without regulatory effect amendingNote filed 10-6-2005 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2005, No. 40).