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Section IV. California Agricultural LESA Scoring Thresholds - <br />Making Determinations of Significance Under CEQA <br />A single LESA score is generated for a given project after all of the individual Land <br />Evaluation and Site Assessment factors have been scored and weighted as detailed in Sections <br />2 and 3. Just as with the scoring of individual factors that comprise the California Agricultural <br />LESA Model, final project scoring is based on a scale of 100 points, with a given project being <br />capable of deriving a maximum of 50 points from the Land Evaluation factors and 50 points from <br />the Site Assessment factors. <br />The California Agricultural LESA Model is designed to make determinations of the <br />potential significance of a project's conversion of agricultural lands during the Initial Study phase <br />of the CEQA review process. Scoring thresholds are based upon both the total LESA score as <br />well as the component LE and SA subscores. In this manner the scoring thresholds are <br />dependent upon the attainment of a minimum score for the LE and SA subscores so that a single <br />threshold is not the result of heavily skewed subscores (i.e., a site with a very high LE score, but a <br />very low SA score, or vice versa). Table 9 presents the California Agricultural LESA scoring <br />thresholds. <br />Table 9. California LESA Model Scoring Thresholds <br />Total LESA Score Scoring Decision <br />0 to 39 Points Not Considered Significant <br />40 to 59 Points Considered Significant only if LE and SA <br />subscores are each rg eater than or equal to 20 points <br />60 to 79 Points Considered Significant unless either LE or SA <br />subscore is less than 20 points <br />80 to 100 Points Considered Significant <br />31 <br />