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AGREEMENT FOR BUTTE COUNTY
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROJECT REVIEW
BY THE NORTHEAST INFORMATION CENTER
(NEIC)
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is the California State statute that requires the
Butte County Department of Development Services to perform an environmental review on all
discretionary land use projects, to identify the significant environmental impacts of the project
and to avoid or mitigate those impacts, if feasible.
Every development project which requires a discretionary governmental approval will require at
least some environmental review pursuant to CEQA, unless an exemption applies. The
environmental review required imposes both procedural and substantive requirements. At a
minimum, an initial review of the project and its environmental effects must be conducted.
Depending upon the potential effects, a further and more substantial review may be conducted
in the form of an environmental impact report (EIR). A project may not be approved if feasible
alternatives or mitigation measures cannot substantially lessen the significant environmental
effects of the project. At the state level, CEQA requires that public agencies consider the effects
of their actions on historical resources eligible for listing on the California Register of Historical
Resources. “Historical resource” refers to buildings, structures, sites (prehistoric and historic),
objects, districts, and all manner of properties containing material remains of past human life or
activity.
TheDepartmentofDevelopmentServicesutilizestheNortheastInformation Center(NEIC)ofthe
California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) to identify projects that may have
archaeological significance.The CHRISisa statewide systemformanaginginformation onthefull
range of historical resources identified in California. This system is under the authority and
direction of the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP), the State Historic Preservation Officer
(SHPO), and the State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC). The Northeast Center of the
CHRIS system, located at California State University, Chico, manages the historical resource
records for 11 counties, including Butte County.
The Northeast Information Center will furnish a Record Search to Development Services
indicating the archaeological/historical significance and sensitivity of the applicant’s project area
and additionally providing a recommendation as to whether further archaeological survey is
warranted. If further archaeological survey is required, the application would be considered
incomplete until the appropriate archaeological survey is completed and reviewed.
Butte County Department of Development Services
PLANNING DIVISION
7 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA 95965
Planning Center Phone 530.552.3701 Fax 530.538.7785
dsplanning@buttecounty.net
FORM NO
DPL-03