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PANWHE BURN SITE REMEDIATION 2.3 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Because Phase H was under the jurisdiction of the U.S. EPA, the lead agency for this project, the CIWMB considered the project exempt from CEQA. The determination was made pursuant to Public Resource Code Section 21080(b)(4) because these specific actions were necessary to prevent and mitigate an emergency. However, the CIWMB filed a Notice of Exemption with the State Clearinghouse on September 27, 1996, after the CIWMB Board approved the project. There were no legal challenges to the C1WMB's determination that the project was exempt from CEQA. Appendix B contains a copy of the Notice of Exemption. 2.4 Site Access C1WMB staff obtained site access with the assistance of the Fresno County Community Health Department. The signed authorization granted the CIWMB staff, their designated contractors and representatives, and other affected state and local authorities access to the property. The property owner signed the authorization on September 12, 1996. The authori- zation allowed the owner to grant access without admitting liability or responsibility for the cleanup. A copy of the signed access document is contained in Appendix B. 2.5 Permits At the August 29, 1996, meeting in Mendota, the CIWMB engineer requested the reviewing agencies to identify permits required to complete the project. The project engineer noted that because of the critical time constraints (e.g., pending winter rains) to complete the project, a lengthy permit process would jeopardize the ability of the CIWMB to complete the project. None of the reviewing agencies requested the CIWMB to pursue any permits. Table 2 lists the project permits and authorizations typically required and their applicability to the Panoche Bum Site Remediation. CIWMB 6