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2012
4/16/12 Lahontan Regional Water Board Appoints New Executive Officer
4/12/12 Investigation finds Perchlorate contamination in Sample Wells at Barstow Site
2011
10/13/11 Pacific Gas & Electric Ordered to Provide Replacement Water to Affected Residents in Hinkley, CA
5/23/11 Emergency Treatment of Mine Drainage Prevents Toxic Discharge into Leviathan Creek
4/20/11 State Water Board Approves Strategy to Improve Lake Tahoe Clarity

2010
11/24/10 Barstow Perchlorate
9/2/10 Restoring Lake Tahoe - The Next Chapter

2009
10/28/09 Lahontan Water Board Issues $412,900 Order to Mohammad Ahmad and Thomas E. Erickson Trust
3/12/09 Northstar Mountain Properties, LLC, pays $2.75 million in water quality settlement agreement

2008
10/27/08 Annual Leviathan Mine Treatment Completed
3/19/08 Lahontan Water Board Continues To Make Fuel Reduction Easier

2007
11/29/07 The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts have agreed to pay $4.75 million as part of their settlement with the State of California stemming from a water pollution case.
2/28/07 Public Meeting March 6, 2007 on Chromium Groundwater Cleanup at PG&E's Hinkley Compressor Station
2/23/07 Lahontan Water Board’s Prosecution Team Proposes a $4 Million Settlement with the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

2006  
11/16/06

Lahontan Water Board Levies $500,000 Fine Against Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority
9/11/06 Lahontan Water Board Prosecution Team Releases Settlement Proposal in Lake Tahoe Sewage Spill Case
7/25/06 Press Release on Lake Tahoe Clarity Model Results

2005  
12/15/05 Board Proposes $700,000 Penalty for July's Lake Tahoe Sewage Spill
11/14/05 Lahontan Water Board Treats Unprecedented Amount of Acid Mine Drainage at Leviathan Mine
7/1/05 Lahontan Water Board and California Board of Forestry Streamline Permitting Process for Fire-Safe Tree Thinning in Lake Tahoe Basin

2002  
7/3/02 Amended Notice of Public Hearing on the Proposed amendments to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board's basin plan regarding TMDL's for Indian Creek Reservoir in Alpine County.
5/2/02 Lahontan Water Board Seeks Public Input on proposed controls to reduce phosphorus loading in Indian Creek Reservoir in Alpine County.

2001
11/30/01 Lahontan Water Board Seeks Public Input on List of Polluted Waters
3/1/01 Lahontan Water Board Requests Public Input for Water Quality Assessment
1/23/01 Lahontan Water Board Seeks Public Input on Haiwee Reservoir Pollutant Limits

2000
11/9/00 Lahontan Water Board will consider total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Heavenly Valley Creek
11/8/00 Regional Water Board Developing Pollutant Limits for Indian Creek Reservoir
7/19/00 Regional Water Board Developing Pollutant Limits for Bridgeport Reservoir
1/14/00 Lahontan Regional Water Board Celebrates 50 Years

1999  
12/15/99 Regional Board creates a UST Unit in the South Lake Tahoe office and adds another unit in the Victorville office
8/18/99 Lahontan Begins Treatment Study of Leviathan Mine

 

(Updated 4/19/12)

 

 
 

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