"Notice of preparation" means a brief notice sent by a lead agency to notify the responsible agencies, trustee agencies, the Office of Planning and Research, and involved federal agencies that the lead agency plans to prepare an EIR for the project. The purpose of the notice is to solicit guidance from those agencies as to the scope and content of the environmental information to be included in the EIR. Public agencies are free to develop their own formats for this notice. The contents of this notice are described in Section 15082.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 15375
Note: Authority cited: Section 21083, Public Resources Code. Reference: Section 21080.4, Public Resources Code.