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Environmental Checklist <br />Tribal Cultural Resources <br /> <br />General Plan Consistency Checklist 85 <br />18 Tribal Cultural Resources <br /> <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less than <br />Significant or <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated No Impact <br />Analyzed in <br />the Prior EIR <br />Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural <br />resource, defined in a Public Resources Code Section 21074 as either a site, feature, place, or <br />cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope of the landscape, <br />sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is: <br />a. Listed or eligible for listing in the <br />California Register of Historical <br />Resources, or in a local register of <br />historical resources as defined in Public <br />Resources Code Section 5020.1(k), or □ ■ □ □ <br />b. A resource determined by the lead <br />agency, in its discretion and supported by <br />substantial evidence, to be significant <br />pursuant to criteria set forth in <br />subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code <br />Section 5024.1. In applying the criteria <br />set forth in subdivision (c) of Public <br />Resources Code Section 5024.1, the lead <br />agency shall consider the significance of <br />the resource to a California Native <br />American tribe. □ ■ □ □ <br />Analysis in the General Plan EIR <br />The General Plan EIR does not include a discussion of tribal cultural resources. <br />As of July 1, 2015, California AB 52 of 2014 was enacted and expands CEQA by defining a new <br />resource category, “tribal cultural resources.” AB 52 establishes that “A project with an effect that <br />may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource is a project <br />that may have a significant effect on the environment” (Public Resource Code Section 21084.2). It <br />further states that the lead agency shall establish measures to avoid impacts that would alter the <br />significant characteristics of a tribal cultural resource, when feasible (Public Resource Code Section <br />21084.3). <br />AB 52 also establishes a formal consultation process for California tribes regarding those resources. <br />The consultation process must be completed before a CEQA document can be certified. Under AB <br />52, lead agencies are required to “begin consultation with a California Native American tribe that is <br />traditionally and culturally affiliated with the geographic area of the proposed project.” Native <br />American tribes to be included in the process are those that have requested notice of projects <br />proposed in the jurisdiction of the lead agency.