environmental protection
Lead Paint Renovator, Repair, Painter (RRP) Training Course Offered
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 4:03pmEvent Date:
April 19, 2013 - 8:00am
South Lake Tahoe's Lead Safe Tahoe program has partnered with Lake Tahoe Community College to offer a Renovator, Repair, Painter (RRP) course in both English and Spanish, April 19-20.
The one-day class explains how to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's RRP rule. Subjects covered include: health effects, regulations, lead safe work practices, containment, cleaning and record keeping.
After passing an end-of-class exam, students receive RRP initial training certificates.
EarthJustice: Weakened Environmental Plan for Lake Tahoe Challenged in Court
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 11:02am
Two Tahoe conservation groups, the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore, filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging new rules for Lake Tahoe that seriously reduce protections for the treasured mountain lake. The new Tahoe Regional Plan Update, approved in December by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), shifts authority over future development decisions to local jurisdictions. The plan also allows those towns and counties to adopt weakened pollution controls that do not meet the minimum environmental requirements established by TRPA.
TRPA: Pointless lawsuit a major step backward for Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 5:41pmA lawsuit was filed in federal district court today against the first significant update to environmental protection standards at Lake Tahoe since 1987, a move that rolls back the clock nearly that far on efforts to restore the Lake’s fragile ecosystem, according to the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), the defendant in the case.
Training course offered for local contractors
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/01/2012 - 6:00amA Renovator, Repair, Painter course for local construction workers will take place Saturday, Dec. 8.The class will explain how to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's RRP rule, health ...
Renovator, Repair, Painter (RRP) Training Course for Local Contractors
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 9:44amEvent Date:
December 8, 2012 - 8:00am
The City of South Lake Tahoe and Lake Tahoe Community College Connect Community Education are sponsoring the Renovator, Repair, Painter (RRP) course for local construction workers. The Lead Safe Worker 8-hour training for Renovators, Repair and Painters is being offered at LTCC campus on Saturday, December 8th from 8am-5pm.
The cost to attend the training is $50 and up to two workers from each local company are welcome to participate.
EPA faces budget cuts that could reach basin
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/04/2012 - 6:00amDebate in Congress started last week on a bill the House Appropriations Committee approved in July 2011 that would cut funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by $1.4 billion and could eventually affect the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Forest Service continues project to eliminate invasive weeds from the Lake Tahoe Basin
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 07/02/2012 - 6:01pmPublic land managers will continue a project to eradicate, control, and contain known and future infestations of “invasive weeds” using chemical treatment. Work will begin Monday, July 9 through Thursday, July 12, 2012, according to the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
Update: California OKs plan to use pesticides at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:56amCalifornia's Water Resources Control Board OK'd plans on Tuesday that could allow pesticides to be used for the first time in Lake Tahoe. The measure now moves to the Environmental Protection Agency. The new rules permit pesticides as a last resort to control invasive species like Eurasian milfoil, an aquatic plansold for aquariums which is choking the bottom of marinas around the lake.
High court to hear environmental case from Idaho
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 11:03amWASHINGTON (AP) - Mike Sackett remembers what he thought when he saw the eye-popping fines of more than $30,000 a day that the Environmental Protection Agency was threatening to impose on him over ...
Forest Service, ARAMARK to remove Zephyr Cove Resort fuel tanks
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 12:54pmBy Cheva Heck
The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management is working with permit-holder ARAMARK Parks and Destinations to pull three underground fuel storage tanks and remove contaminated soil at Zephyr Cove Resort. Zephyr Cove Resort is open for business as usual. The work will be visible to the highway and to resort visitors.
Tahoe Transportation District Blog: What TMDL means for the lake
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 2:17pm
A Total Maximum Daily Load is a regulatory term in the U.S. Clean Water Act describing a value of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive while still meeting water quality standards.
EPA proposes stricter rules for ship ballast water
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 10:15amTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency proposed stricter requirements Wednesday for cleaning ballast water that keeps ships upright in rolling seas but enables invasive spe...
Lake Tahoe law firm sets bar for environmental cases
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 5:03pmNEWS RELEASE — With recent success guiding the approval process for major projects at Lake Tahoe, the accomplishments of law firm Feldman McLaughlin Thiel reflect a rising correlation in the spectacular mountain community between a healthy environment and a healthy economy.
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