CEQA / ENVIRONMENTAL
Representative Cases
- 16-count challenge to 109-page certification of EIR after eight-year environmental review process involving procedural issues such as res judicata, waiver, beneficial interest/standing and exhaustion of remedies, as well as claimed deficiencies as to analysis of air quality, greenhouse gasses, traffic, water supply, water quality, biological, noise, vibration, and aesthetic impacts.
- Analysis of whether winery project exempt from CEQA review under a Class 1 categorical exemption as a minor alteration of existing facilities and mechanical equipment involving negligible or no expansion of use.
- Claims that state agency's approval of Timber Harvest Plan for vineyard development project requiring conversion of timberland acreage failed to satisfy requirements of CEQA and the Forest Practice Act.
- Analysis of municipality’s approval of second phase of enlarged retail project without requiring supplemental environmental review or major modification approval.