Legal Opinion
Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v. State Water Resources Control Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 30, 1989No. C000386PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, J.
This appeal concerns the lawfulness of measures adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) to prevent increased surface runoff of water carrying soil products into Lake Tahoe, caused by the increased land coverage of new development, from turning the lake from clear blue to turbid brown. The Lake Tahoe Basin Water Quality Plan (Plan) establishes standards which have the effect of limiting the amounts of land coverage by roads, buildings and the like, in designated areas within the basin. New development which exceeds land coverage standards in the Plan…
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