California Environmental Quality Act Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sous-division territoriale California Type du document Législation Date 1970 (2022) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén., Pêche, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air Éco-produits/processus écologique EIA Subvention/incitation Pollution sonore (de l'environnement) Lutte contre la pollution Protection de l’environnement Collecte de données/déclarations Développement durable Zonage Protection des espèces Gestion et conservation des pêches Gestion/conservation Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé This Act provides to develop and maintain a high-quality environment now and in the future, and take all action necessary to protect, rehabilitate, and enhance the environmental quality of the state; take all action necessary to provide the people of this state with clean air and water, enjoyment of aesthetic, natural, scenic, and historic environmental qualities, and freedom from excessive noise; prevent the elimination of fish or wildlife species due to man’s activities, insure that fish and wildlife populations do not drop below self-prepetuating levels, and preserve for future generations representations of all plant and animal communities and examples of the major periods of California history; ensure that the long-term protection of the environment, consistent with the provision of a decent home and suitable living environment for every Californian, shall be the guiding criterion in public decisions; create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony to fulfill the social and economic requirements of present and future generations; require governmental agencies at all levels to develop standards and procedures necessary to protect environmental quality; and require governmental agencies at all levels to consider qualitative factors as well as economic and technical factors and long-term benefits and costs, in addition to short-term benefits and costs and to consider alternatives to proposed actions affecting the environment. Texte intégral Anglais Site web leginfo.legislature.ca.gov