Article 5.5. Regulation Of The Environmental Management Plan By State Agencies of California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 5.5.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, review, certification, and approval of any and all provisions of the San Francisco Bay Regional Environmental Management Plan, and any subsequent revision or amendments thereto by the Association of Bay Area Governments, shall be subject to the requirements of this article.

After adoption or the annual revision of the Environmental Management Plan by the General Assembly of the Association of Bay Area Governments, any state agency that is required, pursuant to federal law, to review, certify, approve, or otherwise act upon such plan shall transmit such plan without change to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, except as otherwise provided in this article.

(a) In the event that an appropriate state agency finds that the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, does not satisfy an applicable environmental protection standard required by federal law, or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the state agency shall return such plan, or portion thereof, to the Association of Bay Area Governments for appropriate revision in order to bring such plan into compliance with such standard. Upon completion of the revision, the Association of Bay Area Governments shall submit such plan to the state agency.
  (b) In the event that an appropriate state agency finds that the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, after being revised as provided in subdivision (a), continues to not satisfy an applicable environmental protection standard required pursuant to federal law, it shall resubmit the plan or portion thereof to the Association of Bay Area Governments for further revision. A state agency may continue to resubmit the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, for further revision if it determines that the revised plan, or portion thereof, does not satisfy applicable federal environmental protection standards.