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.

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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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ environmental regulation ⓘ implementing regulation of the California Environmental Quality Act ⓘ state regulation ⓘ
administeredBy	California Natural Resources Agency ⓘ
appliesTo	local agencies in California ⓘ 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 ⓘ linked to: United States of America
defines	baseline environmental conditions ⓘ 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	State of California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	California Environmental Quality Act ⓘ California Public Resources Code ⓘ
officialName	Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act ⓘ linked to: CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
purpose	to establish uniform statewide procedures for CEQA compliance ⓘ to guide public agencies in implementing CEQA ⓘ
region	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
requires	consideration of feasible mitigation measures ⓘ 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 ⓘ linked to: CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations
subjectMatter	alternatives analysis ⓘ 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

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 → Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act ⓘ

linked to: CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations

CEQA Guidelines in the California Code of Regulations → shortName → CEQA Guidelines ⓘ