Judge invalidates regulation allowing more piers on Lake Tahoe

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Source: LA Times

Federal judge says the planning agency did not conduct an adequate environmental review of the effect of the rules, which permit building 128 private piers and nearly 1,900 moorings.

A decades-old skirmish over shoreline development on Lake Tahoe took another turn last week when a federal judge tossed out rules allowing the building of more than 100 private piers and nearly 1,900 mooring buoys in the lake's famously clear waters.

In a ruling issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton of the Eastern District of California concluded that regional planners had failed to conduct an adequate environmental review of the effect of the regulations.

The decision scuttles an attempt to resolve one of the most contentious issues at the mountain playground, where private property owners and environmentalists have long clashed.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tahoe-20100920,0,4640134.story

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1. Fantastic news!

Lake Tahoe is a jewel that needs the maximum amount of protection. The move by City authorties to create a playground for the rich a la' Vale has been a disaster for the area and the locals. I would add that many of those local "private property owners" like my Mom are firmly on the side of the environmentalists.