(a) No sooner than 30 days and no later than 60 days after the issuance of the notice of availability of the draft environmental impact report, the commission shall hold at least one public meeting on the draft environmental impact report as close as practicable to the proposed site.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 21091, the public review and comment period for the draft environmental impact report for an application shall be at least 60 days.

(c) No sooner than 30 days after the completion of the final environmental impact report, the commission shall consider the certification of the environmental impact report of the application at a public meeting.

(d) This chapter does not limit the commission from holding additional public meetings.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 61, Sec. 4. (AB 205) Effective June 30, 2022.)