“Natural and protected lands” means sites located within any of the following locations: (

a) The state park system, as described in

Article 1 (commencing with

Section 5001) of

Chapter of Division 5. (

b) A wilderness area, as defined in

Section 5093.32. (

c) A marine protected area, as defined in

Section of the Fish and Game Code. (

d) The national park system, as defined in

Section of Title of the United States Code. (

e) A national recreation area. (

f) A national monument. (

g) The national wild and scenic rivers system, as defined in

Section of Title of the United States Code. (

h) Any ecological reserve or wildlife management area acquired and managed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife pursuant to

Article 2 (commencing with

Section 1525) or

Article 4 (commencing with

Section 1580) of

Chapter of Division of the Fish and Game Code. (

i) A hazardous waste site that is listed pursuant to

Section 65962.5 of the Government Code or a hazardous waste site designated by the Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to

Section of the Health and Safety Code, unless either of the following apply:

(1) The site is an underground storage tank site that received a uniform closure letter issued pursuant to subdivision (

g) of

Section 25296.10 of the Health and Safety Code based on closure criteria established by the State Water Resources Control Board for the use proposed by the project. This paragraph does not alter or change the conditions to remove a site from the list of hazardous waste sites listed pursuant to

Section 65962.5 of the Government Code.

(2) The State Department of Public Health, State Water Resources Control Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, or a local agency making a determination pursuant to subdivision (

c) of

Section 25296.10 of the Health and Safety Code has otherwise determined that the site is suitable for the use proposed by the project. (

j) Within a regulatory floodway as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in any official maps published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, unless the development has received a no-rise certification in accordance with

Section 60.3(d)(3) of Title of the Code of Federal Regulations. (

k) Lands under conservation easement. (

l) On, or within a 300-foot radius of, a wetland, as defined in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Manual, Part FW 2 (June 21, 1993). (

m) An environmentally sensitive area within the coastal zone, as defined in

Section 30107.5. (

n) Lands identified for conservation in an adopted natural community conservation plan pursuant to the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with

Section 2800) of Division of the Fish and Game Code) or habitat conservation plan pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.

Sec. 1531 et seq.), or other adopted natural resource protection plan. (

o) Within a very high fire hazard severity zone, as determined by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to

Section of the Government Code, or within the state responsibility area, as defined in

Section 4102. This subdivision does not apply to sites that have adopted fire hazard mitigation measures pursuant to existing building standards or state fire mitigation measures applicable to the development, including, but not limited to, standards established under all of the following provisions or their successor provisions:

(1) Section of this code or

Section of the Government Code, as applicable.

(2) Section 4290.

(3) Chapter 7A (commencing with

Section 701A.1) of Part of Title of the California Code of Regulations. (

p) Either prime farmland or farmland of statewide importance, as defined pursuant to the United States Department of Agriculture land inventory and monitoring criteria, as modified for California, and designated on the maps prepared by the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the Department of Conservation, or land zoned or designated for agricultural protection or preservation by a local ballot measure that was approved by the voters of that jurisdiction.