Update to the 2022 Compliance Manuals
Summary
SCH Number
2022050398
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Update to the 2022 Compliance Manuals
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/19/2022
Document Description
As part of developing the energy conservation manual, the CEC developed new content for the Residential Compliance Manual and the Nonresidential Compliance Manual (Compliance Manuals), which explain the requirements of the 2022 Energy Code to interested persons. The CEC certified the Compliance Manuals at a CEC business meeting on May 11, 2022.
Contact Information
Name
Michael J Sokol
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Deputy Director, Efficiency Division
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Regions
Statewide
Cross Streets
715 P Street
Zip
95814
State Highways
California
Township
Sacram
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Common Sense (Sec. 15061(b)(3)). Not a project.
Reasons for Exemption
Not a Project. The Compliance Manuals are not a project because they do not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, section 15061(a).). The CEC certifies an energy conservation manual to assist interested persons with complying with the Energy Code, pursuant to Public Resources Code section 25402.1(e). The energy conservation manual provides information regarding the 2022 Energy Code, which were previously adopted on August 11, 2021, and approved by the California Building Standards Commission on December 14, 2021. The energy conservation manual does not impose any new requirements and therefore has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Accordingly, the energy conservation manual, including the Compliance Manuals, do not meet the definition of a project under the California Environmental Quality Agency (CEQA).
Common Sense Exemption. Further, even if the Compliance Manuals were considered a “project,” they would not be subject to the CEQA under the "common sense" exemption (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, section 15061(b)(3)) because they do not have a significant effect on the environment or result in a physical change to the environment. The Compliance Manuals act as reference and instructional guides that reiterates the language already contained in the 2022 Energy Code. The Compliance Manuals contain no new requirements to comply with the 2022 Energy Code. Thus, the Compliance Manuals do not have the potential to have a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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