Intergovernmental Review (IGR)

The Intergovernmental Review (IGR) section, part of the Environmental Planning division of Planning and Policy, is responsible for performing consistency review of regionally significant local plans, projects, and programs with SCAG's adopted regional plans.

Physical development and redevelopment in Southern California are daily reminders that our region continues to grow. To monitor regional development, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that regional agencies like SCAG review projects and plans throughout its jurisdiction. In the Southern California region of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties, SCAG, as the region's "Clearinghouse", collects information on projects of varying size and scope to provide a central point to monitor regional activity. SCAG has the responsibility of reviewing dozens of projects, plans, and programs every month. Projects and plans that are Regionally Significant must demonstrate to SCAG their consistency with a range of adopted regional plans and policies.

List of Regional Significance Criteria

Learn what determines a project's regional significance, click here to view the Criteria List page.

Demonstrating Your Project's Consistency with SCAG Policies

How do I determine if my project is consistent with SCAG's policies?

SCAG works through an established system, maintained by the Statewide Clearinghouse. Upon notification and receipt of projects within the SCAG region, the IGR Team determines whether the project is regionally significant. SCAG responds with comment letters early in the environmental review process to ensure sufficient time for review and response to comments.

Project submitters/lead agencies are directed to demonstrate how the proposed plan, project, or program is consistent with SCAG's adopted regional plans and policies. We also encourage the use of the SCAG List of Mitigation Measures extracted from the 2008 RTP PEIR to aid with demonstrating consistency with regional plans and policies.

For more detailed information on SCAG's adopted regional plans and policies:

Understanding a project's relationship to and impact on regional development helps ensure that our region's plans are continually implemented on a case-by-case basis.

IGR Clearinghouse Report

The Intergovernmental Review Clearinghouse Report summarizes federal grant applications, environmental documents and other information received by SCAG's IGR Section. The Clearinghouse Report consists of two sections, Federal Grant Listing and Environmental Documentation Listing.

Click to continue reading on the IGR Clearinghouse Report web page and access recent reports and report archives.