According to CEQA, all state and local agencies must give major consideration to environmental protection in regulating public and private activities, and should not approve projects for which there exist feasible and environmentally superior mitigation measures or alternatives.
According to CEQA, all state and local agencies must give major consideration to environmental protection prior to approving public and private activities. Agencies are discouraged, but not prohibited, from approving projects for which there exist feasible and environmentally superior mitigation measures or alternatives.