Memorandum of Understanding with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

NOTE - The procedures described on this web page are effective only through August 13, 2011. After that date, project proponents cannot rely on permitting by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to fulfil their compliance with California Water Code section 13264. Please see July 25, 2011 letter.

The Lahontan Water Board and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency have streamlined permitting requirements for fuels reduction activities in the Lake Tahoe Region.

On December 11, 2008, the Lahontan Water Board authorized its Executive Officer to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). The MOU streamlines permitting for vegetation management projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin by eliminating the need for project applicants to apply to both the TRPA and the Water Board and to receive permits from both agencies.

Under this new agreement, persons wanting to remove trees and vegetation in the Water Board’s jurisdiction of the Lake Tahoe Region will apply only to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Information on TRPA’s tree removal permitting requirements can be found at their Website.

The MOU and associated documents are available below.

• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
• MOU Fact Sheet
• Resolution waiving need to obtain permit from Water Board
• California Environmental Quality Act Initial Study and Negative Declaration