Lahontan creates new rules for construction sites
Lahontan Water Board staff has drafted a revised General Storm Water Construction Permit for construction and land disturbance activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin. People disturbing more than 1 acre must obtain coverage under this general permit by submitting application materials to Lahontan for review. The revised permit contains new requirements for monitoring storm events at construction sites.
Lahontan is hosting two informational workshops its office at 2501 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. The two, two-hour workshops are Feb. 10 starting at 10am and 3pm.
The tentative permit may be found at the Water Board’s website.
Comments on the tentative permit are due to Lahontan by Feb. 26. The board anticipates considering adoption of the permit at its April 13-14 meeting in South Lake Tahoe. Questions regarding this permit may be directed to Bud Amorfini, Engineering Geologist at (530) 542.5463.
To build a house and you have a well or your pipe in the street doesn’t have the min. GPM, the LVFPD, {the fire dept. that serves the county portion of the basin} requires, then you need on-site storage of water and sprinklers to meet their requirements. On site storage will not meet Lahontan rules, so you have lost the ability to build a house. That sounds like a taking, lost of value, to me so they should cover the cost of that taking. The only way to beat this is comments from many people or file suit.