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7 REFERENCES

1 INTRODUCTION

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012. Regional Plan Update Draft EIS. Published April 25, 2012. Prepared by Ascent Environmental, Inc.

2 RTP/SCS ALTERNATIVES

Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization. 2011. Lake Tahoe Transportation Planning Overall Work Program, Fiscal Year 2011‐2012 (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012), May 25, 2011.

3.1 APPROACH TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

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3.2 LAND USE

Bailey, Robert G. 1974. Land‐Capability Classification of the Lake Tahoe Basin, California‐Nevada: A Guide to Planning. South Lake Tahoe, California.

City of South Lake Tahoe. 2007. Lake Tahoe Airport Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Prepared by Janis G. Brand & Richard D. French. July 1990, updates through May 2007. Available: <http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=174>

Nevada Division of State Parks (NDSP). 1990. Lake Tahoe‐Nevada State Park Master Development Plan with Resource Analysis.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2011. TRPA Regional Plan Update DRAFT Descriptions of Project Alternatives. 1.8 Land Use Element.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012a. 2011 Threshold Evaluation Report.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012b (September). TRPA Code of Ordinances. Effective March 1, 2012.

United States Forest Services (USFS). 1988. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) Forest Plan. Available: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ltbmu/landmanagement/planning/?cid=stelprdb5114525.

United States Forest Services (USFS). 2004. Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Available: <http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/snfpa/final‐seis/index.html>

United States Forest Services (USFS). 2010 (March 19). Plan Revision for Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Alpine, El Dorado, and Placer Counties, CA; Douglas and Washoe Counties, and Carson City. NV. Federal Register, Volume 75, No. 35.

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3.3 TRANSPORTATION

ARB. 2010. Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets Pursuant to SB 375, Resolution 10‐31. September 23, 2010, Attachment 4.

California Air Pollution Controls Officers Association (CAPCOA). 2010. Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures. August 2010, page 63.

California Transportation Commission (CTC). 2010. 2010 Regional Transportation Plan Guidelines. Available: <http://www.catc.ca.gov/programs/rtp/2010_RTP_Guidelines.pdf>, pp. 38‐42 and 230‐231

Caltrans. 2004. State Route 28 Transportation Concept Report. Page 5. Available: <http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist3/departments/planning/tcr/tcr28.pdf>

Caltrans. 2010. 2009 Annual Average Daily Truck Traffic on the California State Highway System. December 2010. Available: <http://traffic‐counts.dot.ca.gov/2009all/docs/2009truckpublication.pdf.>

City of South Lake Tahoe. 2011. South Lake Tahoe General Plan Circulation Element. May 2011. Available: < http://sltgpu.com/pdf/FinalPD/SLTGPU_PD_5‐Trans_Circ_Final_2011‐05‐17.pdf>

Ewing, Reid and Robert Cervero. 2001. Transportation Research Record 1780: Travel and the Built Environment. Available: http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/164718.aspx>

LeCoffre, David. 2003. “Variable Tolls in France” PowerPoint presentation. International Symposium on Road Pricing. Available: <www.trb.org/Conferences/RoadPricing/Presentations/Lecoffre.ppt>

Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT). 2010. 2010 Performance Management Report. September 2010/ page 33. Available: http://www.nevadadot.com/uploadedFiles/Annual‐Performance‐Management‐Report‐FY2010.pdf

Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT). 2011. 2010 Vehicle Classification Distribution Report. April 2011. Available: http://www.nevadadot.com/uploadedFiles/NDOT/About_NDOT/NDOT_Divisions/ Planning/Traffic/2010VehicleClassificationDistributionReport%281%29.pdf

Nevada Department of Transportation. 2010. 2010 Performance Management Report. September 2010, page 33.

Niemeier, Deb, Song Bai, and Susan L. Handy. 2011. The Impact of Residential Growth Patterns on Vehicle Travel and Pollutant Emissions, The Journal of Transportation and Land Use (Fall 2011), pp. 75‐79. Available: <https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/226/192>

Parsons Brinckerhoff. 2007. Lake Tahoe Resident and Visitor Model ‐ Model Description and Final Results. Prepared for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. August 2007.

Placer County. 1994. Placer County General Plan Update‐Countywide General Plan Policy Document. Placer County, CA. Available: http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/CommunityDevelopment/Planning/CommPlans/~/media/cdr/Planning/CommPlans/PCGP/PCGPIntro.ashx

RSG, Inc. 2012. The Lake Tahoe Origin‐Destination Survey Report. January 2012, p. 1‐17

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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2006. Regional Plan for Lake Tahoe Basin, Goals and Policies. Available: http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/goals.pdf

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2010. Mobility 2030: Transportation Monitoring Program 2010.

TMPO. 2012. Traffic Model Output for Projections Used in the Regional Transportation Plan. Provided in Appendix C of this EIR/EIS.

Transportation Research Board (TRB). 2000. Highway Capacity Manual, 2000 and 2010.Includes 2000 and 2010 Documents. Available: <http://144.171.11.107/Main/Blurbs/152169.aspx> and <U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). 2001. Our Built and Natural Environments – A Technical Review of the Interactions between Land Use, Transportation, and Environmental Quality. EPA 321‐R‐01‐002. January 2011. p. 47.

3.4 AIR QUALITY

ARB. See California Air Resources Board.

Bytnerowicz, A., Arbaugh, M, and Padgett, P. 2004. Evaluation of ozone and HNO3 vapor distribution and ozone effects on conifer forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin and eastern Sierra Nevada. Final Report to California Air Resources Board, Contract No. 01‐334, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

Cahill and Cliff. 2000. Air Quality and Modeling and its Role in Ecosystem Management at Lake Tahoe.

California Air Resources Board. 2003 (December). HARP Use Guide. Appendix K.

California Air Resources Board. 2004 (July). 2004 Revision to the California State Implementation Plan for Carbon Monoxide‐Maintenance Plan. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/co/ final_2004_co_plan_update.pdf

California Air Resources Board. 2005. Air Quality and Land Use Handbook: A Community Health Perspective. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/ch/handbook.pdf.

California Air Resources Board. 2008. Lake Tahoe Air Basin 2008 Emissions Inventory. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/app/emsinv/emseic1_query.php?F_DIV=‐4&F_YR=2008&F_SEASON=A&SP=2009&F_AREA=AB&F_AB=LT&F_DD=Y

California Air Resources Board. 2009. California Almanac of Emissions and Air Quality. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac/almanac09/almanac09.htm

California Air Resources Board. 2010. Ambient Air Quality Standards. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/aaqs/aaqs2.pdf

California Air Resources Board. 2011a. Air Quality Data. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/adam/.

California Air Resources Board. 2011b. Attainment Designations. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/desig/adm/adm.htm

California Air Resources Board. 2011c. Facility Search Engine. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/app/emsinv/facinfo/factox.php?dd=&grp=1&sort=FacilityNameA&dbyr=2008&a



b_=LT&dis_=&co_=&fname_=&city_=&fzip_=&fsic_=&facid_=&all_fac=C&displayit=Risk&showpol=&showpol2=

California Air Resources Board. 2012a. Mobile Source Emissions Inventory Model (EMFAC 2011). Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/msei.htm. Accessed February 22, 2012.

California Air Resources Board. 2012b. California Commercial Harbor Craft Emissions Database. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/california_harbor_craft_emissions_inventory_database_10072011.mdb. Accessed March 1, 2012.

California Air Resources Board. 2012c. EMFAC 2011 Frequently Asked Questions. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/emfac2011‐faq.htm

Churchill and Hill. 2000. A General Location Guide for Ultramafic Rocks in California – Areas More Likely to Contain Naturally Occurring Asbestos.

Dolislager, L. J., VanCuren, R., Pederson, J. R., Lashgari, A., McCauley, E. 2012a. An assessment of ozone concentrations within and near the Lake Tahoe Air Basin. Atmospheric Environment 46 (2012) 645–654.

Dolislager, L. J., VanCuren, R., Pederson, J. R., Lashgari, A., McCauley, E. 2012b. A summary of the Lake Tahoe Atmospheric Deposition Study (LTADS). Atmospheric Environment 46 (2012) 618–630.

EPA. See U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Garza, Vicente et al. 1997 (December). Transportation Project‐Level Carbon Monoxide Protocol. California Department of Transportation. ‐6 and 4‐7.

Gertler, A.W., A. Bytnerowicz, T.A. Cahill, M. Arbaugh, S. Cliff, J.K. Koračin, L. Tarnay, R. Alonso, and W. Frączek. 2006. Local Pollutants Threaten Lake Tahoe’s Clarity. California Agriculture, 60, 53‐58.

Higgins and Clinkenbeard. 2006. Relative Likelihood for the Presence of Naturally Occurring Asbestos in Placer County, California. California Department of Conservation Special Report 190.

Jassby A.D., Reuter J.E., Axler R., Goldman C., Hackley S. 1994. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and phosphorus in the annual nutrient load of Lake Tahoe (California‐Nevada): Water Resources Research, 30: 2207‐2216.

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). 2010. Nevada Ambient Air Quality Standards. Available: http://ndep.nv.gov/baqp/monitoring/aaqstd.html. Accessed March 12, 2012.

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). 2011a. Air Quality Trend Report. Available: http://ndep.nv.gov/baqp/monitoring/docs/trend.pdf. Accessed April 18, 2012.

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). 2011b. Final Tahoe Total Maximum Daily Load Report. Available: http://ndep.nv.gov/BWQP/file/LTTMDL_NDEP_Final.PDF

OEHHA. See Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. 2001. A Guide to Health Risk Assessment. Available: <http://www.oehha.org/pdf/HRSguide2001.pdf>.



Reuter, J.E. and W.W. Miller. 2000. Chapter Four, Aquatic Resources, Water Quality, and Limnology of Lake Tahoe and its Upland Watershed. In, Lake Tahoe Watershed Assessment: Volume I. Murphy, D. D. and Knopp, C. M. (Eds.). General Technical Report PSW‐GTR‐175. U.S. Department of Agriculture‐Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. Albany, CA. 215‐399 p.

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. 2009a. CEQA Guide to Air Quality Assessment. http://www.airquality.org/ceqa/cequguideupdate/Ch3PercentReductionsURBEMISFINAL.pdf

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. 2009b. CEQA Guide to Air Quality Assessment. Available: http://airquality.org/ceqa/cequguideupdate/Ch4OperationalCAPsFINAL.pdf

SMAQMD. See Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District.

State Water Resources Control Board. 2008 (March). Lake Tahoe TMDL Pollutant Reduction Opportunity Report. Pg 36. Available: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb6/water_issues/programs/ tmdl/lake_tahoe/docs/presentations/pro_report_v2.pdf

SWRCB. See State Water Resources Control Board.

Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization. 2011 (December). 2012 RTP Conformity Analysis Interagency Consultation.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 1982. Resolution 82‐11: Resolution of the Governing Body of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Adopting Environmental Threshold Carrying Capacities for the Lake Tahoe Region.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 1986. Goals and Policies. Available: <http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/goals.pdf>. Including amendments through July 2003, and updates through December 2004.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 2007. Environmental Thresholds Carrying Capacities Evaluation. Chapter 2. Air Quality. Available: http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=174

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 2008. Regional Transportation Plan. Chapter 6: Conformity. Available: http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/rtp_CH6.pdf

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 2012a. 2011 Threshold Evaluation Report.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 2012b (September). TRPA Code of Ordinances. Effective March 1, 2012.

Tarnay, L., A.W. Gertler, R.R. Blank, and G.E. Taylor Jr. 2001. Preliminary Measurements of Summer Nitric Acid and Ammonia Concentration in the Lake Tahoe Basin Airshed: Implications for Dry Deposition of Atmospheric Nitrogen. Environmental Pollution, 113, 145‐153.

Tarnay, L.; Johnson, D.; Gertler, A.W. 2005. Modeled inputs of atmospheric nitrogen to the Lake Tahoe basin due to gaseous pollutant deposition. Journal of the Nevada Water Resources Association 2, 41–57.

TMPO. See Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization.

TRPA. See Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.



U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2011. Criteria Air Pollutant Information. Available: http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2012. Currently Designated Nonattainment Areas for All Criteria Air Pollutants. Available: http://www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/greenbk/ancl3.html. Accessed March 14, 2011.

WRCC. 2011a. Climate Summary for South Lake Tahoe Station. Available: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/ tvl.ca.html. Accessed March 31, 2011.

WRCC. 2011b. Wind Speed and Direction Data. Available: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/htmlfiles/ westwind.final.html#CALIFORNIA; http://wrcc.dri.edu/htmlfiles/westwinddir.html#CALIFORNIA. Accessed March 31, 2011.

Zhu et. al. 2002. Study of Ultrafine Particles Near a Major Highway with Heavy‐duty Diesel Traffic. Atmospheric Environment 36 (2002) 4323–4335.

3.5 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Ahrens, D. C. 2003. Meteorology Today; an Introduction to Weather, Climate, & the Environment. Brooks Cole, Inc. Pacific Grove, CA.

ARB. 2007 (November). California 1990 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Level and 2020 Emissions Limit. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/staff_report_1990_level.pdf

ARB. 2008 (December). Climate Change Scoping Plan. Sacramento, CA. Available: <http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/document/scopingplandocument.htm>. Last updated December 2008. Accessed October 18, 2011.

ARB. 2010. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Summary for Years 2000‐2008. Available: <http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/tables/ghg_inventory_scopingplan_00‐08_2010‐05‐12.pdf>. Last updated May 12, 2010. Accessed October 18, 2011.

ARB. 2011a. Status of Scoping Plan Recommended Measures. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/ status_of_scoping_plan_measures.pdf. Accessed October 18, 2011.

ARB. 2011b. (February). Approved Regional GHG Reduction Targets. http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sb375/final_targets.pdf. Accessed October 18, 2011.

ARB. 2011c. Greenhouse Gas Inventory ‐ 2020 Emissions Forecast. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/forecast.htm

ARB. 2012a. Mobile Source Emissions Inventory Model (EMFAC 2011). Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/msei.htm. Accessed February 22, 2012.

ARB. 2012b. California Commercial Harbor Craft Emissions Database. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/california_harbor_craft_emissions_inventory_database_10072011.mdb. Accessed March 1, 2012.

Cahill and Cliff. 2000. Air Quality and Modeling and its Role in Ecosystem Management at Lake Tahoe



Cal‐Adapt. 2011. Cal‐Adapt website. Available: <http://cal‐adapt.org/temperature/century/>, <http://cal‐adapt.org/fire/>, and <http://cal‐adapt.org/snowpack/decadal/>. Accessed October 18, 2011.

California Climate Action Registry (CCAR). 2009 (January). California Climate Action Registry General Reporting Protocol, Version 3.1. Los Angeles, CA. Available: <http://www.climateregistry.org/resources/docs/protocols/ grp/GRP_3.1_January2009.pdf>. Last updated [January 2009]. Accessed October 18, 2011.

California Department of Water Resources (DWR). 2006 (July). Progress on Incorporating Climate Change into Management of California’s Water Resources (Technical Memorandum Report). Available: <http://baydeltaoffice.water.ca.gov/climatechange/reports.cfm>.

California Energy Commission. 2006a. Inventory of California Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks:1990 to 2004. (Staff Final Report). Publication CEC‐600‐2006‐013‐SF. Available: <http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/ inventory/index.html>.

California Energy Commission. 2006b (July). Our Changing Climate: Assessing the Risks to California. Publication CEC‐500‐2006‐077. Available: <http://www.energy.ca.gov/2006publications/CEC‐500‐2006‐077/CEC‐500‐2006‐077.PDF>.

California Natural Resources Agency. 2009a. 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy. Available: <http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/adaptation/ >. Accessed: October 18, 2011.

California Natural Resources Agency. 2009b. CEQA Guidelines Amendments, 2009 (text adopted December 30). Available at: http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/docs/ Adopted_Text_of_SB97_CEQA_Guidelines_Amendments.pdf

CEC. See California Energy Commission.

Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). 2010 (February). Draft NEPA Guidance on Considerations of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Available: http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ Consideration_of_Effects_of_GHG_Draft_NEPA_Guidance_FINAL_02182010.pdf.

Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). 2011. Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. Available: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/adaptation. Accessed October 18, 2011.

DWR. See California Department of Water Resources.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2007 (February). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC. Geneva, Switzerland.

IPCC. See Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Knowles, N., and D. R. Cayan. 2002. Potential Effects of Global Warming on the Sacramento/San Joaquin Watershed and the San Francisco Estuary. Geophysics Research Letter 29(18), 1891, doi:10.1029/2001GL014339.



Nevada Climate Change Advisory Committee (NCCAC). 2008 (May). Governor Jim Gibbons’ Nevada Climate Change Advisory Committee Final Report. Available: http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/documents/ pdf/nevada_final_report.pdf

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). 2008 (December). Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Projections, 1990‐2020. Available: http://ndep.nv.gov/baqp/technical/docs/ NV_Statewide_GHG_Inventory2008.pdf

Regional Targets Advisory Committee (RTAC). 2009. Final Report to ARB: Recommendations of the RTAC Pursuant to SB 375. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sb375/rtac/report/092909/finalreport.pdf. Pg 26.

Reuter, et. al. 2010 (June). The Effects of Climate Change on Lake Tahoe in the 21st Century: Meteorology,

Hydrology, Loading and Lake Response. Prepared for the Pacific Southwest Research Station, Tahoe Environmental Science Center

Seinfeld, J. H., and S. N. Pandis. 1998. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY.

3.6 NOISE

Berger, Elliott H.; Neitzel, Rick; and Kladden, Cynthia A. 2010. Noise Navigator Sound Level Database, Version 1.5. July 6, 2010. 3M Occupational Health & Environmental Safety Division. Indianapolis, IN.

Caltrans. 2002. California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook. Prepared by Shutt Moen Associates. January 2002, page 7‐37.

Caltrans. 2004. Transportation‐ and Construction‐Induced Vibration Guidance Manual. Sacramento, CA: Noise, Vibration, and Hazardous Waste Management Office. Prepared by Jones & Stokes. Page 5.

Caltrans. 2009. Technical Noise Supplement. Prepared by ICF Jones & Stokes. November 2009.

Caltrans. 2010. Annual Average Daily Truck Traffic on the California State Highway System. Sacramento, CA: Traffic Data Branch. Prepared in corporation with U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.

Caltrans. See California Department of Transportation.

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). 2006 (January). Roadway Construction Noise Model. Washington, D.C. Available: <http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/noise/construction_noise/rcnm/rcnm.pdf>.

Federal Transit Administration (FTA). 2006. Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment. Washington, D.C.

FHWA. See Federal Highway Administration.

FTA. See Federal Transit Administration.

NDOT. See Nevada Department of Transportation

Nevada Department of Transportation. 2011 (April). 2010 Vehicle Classification Distribution Report. Carson City, Nevada.



Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 1982. Resolution 82‐11: Resolution of the Governing Body of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Adopting Environmental Threshold Carrying Capacities for the Lake Tahoe Region.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 1986. Regional Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin Goals and Policies. Last Updated October 25, 2006. Available: http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/goals.pdf

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 2007 (September). 2006 Threshold Evaluation Report. Stateline, NV. Available: < http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=174 >.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 2012a. TRPA Code of Ordinances. Effective March 1, 2012. Available: http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=172

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 2012b. 2011 Threshold Evaluation Report. Stateline, NV.

TRPA. See Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

3.7 GEOLOGY, SOILS, LAND CAPABILITY, AND COVERAGE

Bailey, Robert G. 1974. Land‐Capability Classification of the Lake Tahoe Basin, California‐Nevada: A Guide to Planning. South Lake Tahoe, California.

Bryant, W. A. and E. W. Hart. 2007. Fault‐Rupture Hazard Zones in California: Alquist‐Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act with Index to Earthquake Fault Zones Maps. (Special Publication 42 Interim Revision 2007). Sacramento, California: California Division of Mines and Geology.

California Geologic Survey (CGS). 2002. California Geological Survey, California Geomorphic Provinces, Note 36.

California Geologic Survey (CGS). 2005. Earthquake Shaking Potential Map of Eastern California and Western Nevada, CGS Map Sheet 56.

California Geologic Survey (CGS). 2008. Guidelines for Evaluating and Mitigating Seismic Hazards in California. (Special Publication 117A).

California Geologic Survey (CGS). 2010. Cities and Counties Affected by Alquist‐Priolo Earthquake Fault Zones as of January 2010. Available: <http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/rghm/ap/Pages/affected.aspx>. Accessed December 20, 1011.

dePolo, Craig M., John G. Anderson, Diane M. dePolo, and Jonathan G. Price. 1997. Earthquake Occurrence in the Reno‐Carson City Urban Corridor. Seismological Research Letters 68: 401‐412. May/June.

Douglas County. 2007. Douglas County Master Plan 2006 Update. Conservation Element. Adopted January 4, 2007.

El Dorado County. 2004. El Dorado County General Plan Conservation and Open Space Element, 2004 El Dorado County General Plan. Adopted July 19, 2004.

El Dorado County. 2007a. Chapter 15.14 El Dorado County Grading, Erosion, and Sediment Control Ordinance. Accepted by El Dorado County on March 13, 2007, Revised August 10, 2010.



El Dorado County. 2007b. Volume III: Grading, Erosion, and Sediment Control of the El Dorado County Design and Improvement Standards Manual. Accepted by El Dorado County on March 13, 2007.

Galloway, D., D.R. Jones, and S.E. Ingebritsen. 1999. Land Subsidence in the United States. USGS Circular 1182. Reston, Virginia.

Ichinose, G.A., J.G. Anderson, K. Satake, R.A. Schweickert, and M.M. Lahren. 2000. The potential hazard from tsunami and seiche waves generated by large earthquakes within Lake Tahoe, California‐Nevada. Geophysical Research Letters 27(8): 1203‐1206.

Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LRWQCB). 1995. Water Quality Control Plan for the Lahontan Region.

Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LRWQCB). 2011. Staff Report and Substitute Environmental Documentation for Proposed Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Lahontan Region. Revising the Region‐wide Pesticide Water Quality Objective to a Region‐wide Waste Discharge Prohibition. Adopted by California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region. December 7, 2011.

Lewandowski, Adam. Senior Planner, TRPA. January 10, 2012 – personal communication regarding Region‐wide Existing and Allowable Coverage. Excel spreadsheet data provided.

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). 2007. Soil survey of the Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada. Available: <http://soils.usda.gov/survey/printed_surveys/>. Accessed December 29, 2011.

Placer County. 1994 (August). Placer County General Plan Update, Natural Resources Element.

Roberts, David M. and John E. Reuter. 2007 (September). Draft Lake Tahoe Maximum Daily Load Technical Report. California and Nevada. Prepared for the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region and Nevada Division of Environmental Protect. Available: http://terc.ucdavis.edu/publications/LakeTahoeTMDLTechnicalReport.pdf. Accessed: February 2012.

Saucedo, G.J., 2005, Geologic map of the Lake Tahoe basin, California and Nevada, 1:100,000 scale: California Geological Survey, Regional Geologic Map No. 4, scale 1:100000. Available: <http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm‐bin/ILView.pl?sid=71051_1.sid&vtype=b>. Accessed March 30, 2011.

Segale, H. and J. Cobourn. 2005. UNR Scientists Study Earthquake Faults at Tahoe. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Newsletter. July 15.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 1998. Water Quality Management Plan for the Lake Tahoe Region. Available: <http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/208_Vol_I.pdf>. Accessed March 28, 2011.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2007. Restoration in Progress. Environmental Improvement Program. Progress Report. 1997‐2007. Available: http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/EIP/EIPBook_FINAL_1‐31.pdf. Accessed: February 2012.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2011. Environmental Improvement Program. Highlights & Accomplishments. August 2011. Available: http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/EIP/Update/EIP_4PG_2011_FNL.pdf. Accessed: February 2012.




Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012b. Code of Ordinances. Effective March 1, 2012. Available: http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=172

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1971 (September). Geology and Geomorphology of the Lake Tahoe Region: A Guide for Planning. South Lake Tahoe, California.

TRPA/CTC. 1988. TRPA/CTC Land Coverage Banking MOU – Section V. Available: http://www.trpa.org/documents/MOUs/CTC_Coverage_1988.pdf

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 2006. Quaternary fault and fold database for the United States, accessed 3 October, 2011, from USGS web site: <http://geohazards.usgs.gov/qfaults/map.php>

USGS 1989. Swelling Clays Map of the Conterminous United States, Map I‐1940. 1989. 1”=500 miles. Available: <http://geology.com/articles/soil/>. Accessed October 3, 2011.

Washoe County. 2010a. Master Plan: Conservation Element. Adopted May 20, 2010. Available: <http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/comdev_files/cp/conservation_element_text_only.pdf>

Washoe County. 2010b. Washoe County Development Code. Adopted July 10, 2010.

3.8 HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY

California State Parks, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation [California State Parks, et al]. 2010. Upper Truckee River Restoration and Golf Course Reconfiguration Project, Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Statement. SCH# 2006082150

Caltrans (California Department of Transportation). 2005. Local Assistance Procedures Manual. Chapter 11 Design Standards. October 7, 2005.

CSLT (City of South Lake Tahoe). 2011. South Lake Tahoe Municipal Code. October 18, 2011.

Douglas County. 2008. Design Criteria and Improvements Standards. November 01, 2007; Effective May 8, 2008.

Douglas County. 2012. Douglas County Code Titles 20.50 (Floodplain Management) and 20.100 (Public Facilities and Improvement Standards) accessed on March 29, 2012 at http://dcnvda.org/userpages/CountyCodes.aspx

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2011. Historic Agreement on Improving Lake Tahoe Clarity Signed by California and Nevada Governors. Margot Perez‐Sullivan; [email protected]

EPA. 1977. Floodplain Management Executive Order (EO) 11988 (May 24, 1977).

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 1998. Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Placer County Panels. June 8, 1998.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 2010. Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Washoe and Douglas County Panels. January 20, 2010.



Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 2012. Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for El Dorado County Panels. April 3, 2012.

Glamore, William C. 2008. A Decision Support Tool for Assessing the Impact of Boat Wake Waves on Inland Waterways. University of South Wales, Australia.

Jonason, Olivia. 1993. Ferry Wake Study – Final Report. Washington State Transportation Center. November.

Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LRWQCB) and NDEP (Nevada Division of Environmental Protection). 2010. Final Lake Tahoe Total Maximum Daily Load (November 2010). South Lake Tahoe, CA and Carson City, NV.

Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LRWQCB). 1995. Water Quality Control Plan for the Lahontan Region. March 31, 1995. Amendments recorded in 2001, 2001, 2003, and 2005.

Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LRWQCB). 2010. Water Quality Control Plan Amendments Total Maximum Daily Load for Sediment and Nutrients in Lake Tahoe. November 16, 2010.

Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LRWQCB). 2011a. Lake Tahoe Municipal NPDES Permit Order No. R6T‐2011‐0101, NPDES No. CAG61001 and Fact Sheet. http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb6/water_issues/programs/tmdl/lake_tahoe/npdes.shtml Accessed on January 24, 2012.

Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LRWQCB). 2011b. Water Quality Control Plan Amendments Total Maximum Daily Load for Sediment and Nutrients in Lake Tahoe. Adopted by SWRCB on April 19, 2011. Available: <http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb6/water_issues/programs/tmdl/lake_tahoe/docs/bp_amnd041911.pdf>. Accessed on January 26, 2012.

Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LRWQCB). 2011c. General Waste Discharge Requirements and National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity in the Lake Tahoe Hydrologic Unit, Counties of Alpine, El Dorado, and Placer (Order No. R6T‐2011‐0019, NPDES No. CAG616002). April 14, 2011.

Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LRWQCB). 2011d. Draft NPDES General Permit and Waste Discharge Requirements for Storm Water Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems Draft Fact Sheet. June 7, 2011.

Minor, T. and M. Cablk. 2004. Estimation of Hard Impervious Cover in the Lake Tahoe Basin Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. Desert Research Institute: Reno, NV. Journal of the Nevada Water Resources Association. Volume 1, Number 1, pp: 58 ‐75.

Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT). 2008. NDOT Structures Manual Chapter 11 ‐ Preliminary Design. September 2008. Structures Division. http://www.nevadadot.com/uploadedFiles/NDOT/About_NDOT/NDOT_Divisions/Engineering/Structures/Foreword.pdf

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). 2007. Stormwater General Permit NVR100000. September 14, 2007.



Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). 2010. Permit NV0023329 NPDES Permit for Discharges from Nevada Department of Transportation Municipal Separate Stormwater Systems. July 7, 2010.

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). 2011. Final Lake Tahoe Total Maximum Daily Load.

Nichols Consulting Engineers/Larry Walker Associates (Nichols). 2007. El Dorado County Storm Water Management Plan. February 2007.

Placer County. 2007. Tahoe Basin Stormwater Management Plan Program Years 2006‐2010. May 1, 2007. Prepared by the Placer County Department of Public Works.

Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC). 2011. Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2011. Incline Village, NV.

Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC). 2012. Lake Tahoe Clarity. UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center. http://terc.ucdavis.edu/research/clarity.html, February 29, 2012; Accessed March 5, 2012.

Taylor, Kendrick, Rick Susfalk, Margaret Shanafield, and Geoff Schladow. 2004. Near‐shore Clarity at Lake Tahoe: Status and Causes of Reduction. Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, University and Community College System of Nevada and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis. January 2004.

TRPA. 1986. Regional Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin, Goals and Policies. September 17, 1986. Updated October 25, 2006.

TRPA. 1998. Water Quality Management Plan for the Lake Tahoe Region. November 30, 1998.

TRPA. 2004. Annual Water Quality Report. March 2004.

TRPA. 2007a. Environmental Assessment for Threshold Updates for the Regional Plan Update for the Lake Tahoe Region. Stateline, NV.

TRPA. 2007b. 2006 Threshold Evaluation Report. Stateline, NV. Available: <http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=174 >.

TRPA. 2011. TRPA BMP Handbook Final Draft. June 2011.

TRPA. 2012a. 2011 Threshold Evaluation.

TRPA. 2012b. TRPA Code of Ordinances. Adopted November 15, 2011. Effective March 1, 2012.

USBR (United States Bureau of Reclamation). 2008. Truckee River Operating Agreement. September 2008.

Washoe County. 2007. Washoe County Development Code Flood Hazards. December 11, 2007.

Washoe County. 2009. Truckee Meadows Regional Drainage Manual. April 30, 2009.



3.9 SCENIC RESOURCES

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). 2009a. California Scenic Highway Program website: Eligible and Officially Designated Routes – State Route 28. Updated December 3, 2009. Accessed November 2, 2011. Available: <http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LandArch/scenic/cahisys2.htm>

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). 2009b. California Scenic Highway Program website: Eligible and Officially Designated Routes – State Route 89. Updated December 3, 2009. Accessed November 2, 2011. Available: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LandArch/scenic/cahisys3.htm

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). 2010. California Scenic Highway Program website: Officially Designated State Scenic Highways. Updated May 10, 2010. Accessed November 2, 2011. Available: <http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LandArch/scenic/schwy.htm>

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). 2011. California Scenic Highway Program website: Frequently Asked Questions. Accessed November 2, 2011. Available: <http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LandArch/scenic/faq.htm.

Carson City. 2006. Carson City Master Plan. Adopted April 6, 2006. Available: <http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=809>

City of South Lake Tahoe. 2011. 2030 South Lake Tahoe General Plan Policy Document, Natural and Cultural Resources Element. Adopted May 17, 2011. Prepared for the City of South Lake Tahoe by Mintier Harnish, Pacific Municipal Consultants, LSC Transportation Consultants, JC Brennan, and Ambient. Available: <http://www.sltgpu.com/pdf/FinalPD/SLTGPU_PD_1_Part%20I‐Credits‐TOC‐Intro_Final_2011‐05‐17.pdf>

Douglas County. 2007. Douglas County Master Plan 2006 Update, Chapter 10: Land Use Element. Adopted January 4, 2007. Updates through March 1, 2011. Prepared for the Douglas County Community Development Department by Design Workshop and Sierra Business Council. Available: <http://www.douglascountynv.gov/sites/CDAdmin/MasterPlan.cfm>

El Dorado County. 2004. 2004 El Dorado County General Plan. Adopted July 19, 2004. Available: <http://www.edcgov.us/Government/Planning/Adopted_General_Plan.aspx>

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). 2011a. National Scenic Byways Program website: About the National Scenic Byways Program. Accessed November 1, 2011. Available: <http://byways.org/learn/program.html>

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). 2011b. National Scenic Byways website: Official Designations and Maps for Eastshore Drive and Ebbetts Pass. Accessed November 1, 2011. Available: <http://byways.org/explore/byways/2456/designation.html> and <http://byways.org/explore/byways/2305/designation.html>

Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT). 2011. Nevada Scenic Byways website: Mission Statement and Scenic Byways list. Accessed November 2, 2011. Available: <http://www.nevadadot.com/Traveler_Info/Scenic_Byways/Nevada_Scenic_Byways.aspx> <http://www.nevadadot.com/Traveler_Info/Scenic_Byways/Nevada_Scenic_Byways_‐_Mission.aspx> <http://www.nevadadot.com/Traveler_Info/Scenic_Byways/Nevada_s_Scenic_Byways.aspx>



Placer County. 1994. Placer County General Plan Update Countywide General Plan Policy Document. Adopted August 16, 1994. Prepared by Placer County with Assistance from Crawford Multari & Starr, DKS Associates, Psomas and Associates, Jones & Stokes Associates, Recht Hausrath & Associates, and J. Laurence Mintier & Associates. Available: <http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/CommunityDevelopment/Planning/Documents/CommPlans/PCGP.aspx>

Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC). 2011. Lake Tahoe Clarity. Available: <http://terc.ucdavis.edu/research/clarity.html>

Tahoe Integrated Information Management System (TIIMS). 2009. TIIMS website, Scenic Resources page. Accessed October 31, 2011. Available: <http://www.tiims.org/Basin‐Topics/Scenic.aspx>

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) 1989. Regional Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin: Scenic Quality Improvement Program and Technical Appendices.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 1987. Regional Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin: Goals and Policies.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2007. TRPA 2006 Threshold Evaluation, Chapter 8 – Scenic Resources and Community Design. Available: <http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=174>

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2011. TRPA website: Scenic Resources page. Accessed November 1, 2011. Available: http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabindex=7&tabid=357

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012a. Threshold Evaluation Report.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012b. TRPA Code of Ordinances. Effective March 1, 2012. Available: http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=172

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 2008. USGS website: Facts about Lake Tahoe. Accessed October 31, 2011. Available: <http://tahoe.usgs.gov/facts.html>

Washoe County. 2010. Master Plan: Tahoe Area Plan. Adopted May 20, 2010. Available: <http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/comdev_files/cp/tahoe_area_plan.pdf>

3.10 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES (VEGETATION, WILDLIFE, AND FISHERIES)

Beaty, R.M., and A.H. Taylor. 2008. Fire history and the structure and dynamics of a mixed confider forest landscape in the northern Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe Basin, California, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 255 (2008) 707–719.

Bloom, P. H. 1994. The Biology and Current Status of the Long‐Eared Owl in Coastal Southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 93:1–12.

Bull, E. L., A. L. Wright, and M. G. Henjum. 1989. Nesting and Diet of Long‐Eared Owls in Conifer Forests, Oregon. Condor 91:908–912.

California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG). 2000. Guidelines for Assessing the Effects of Proposed Projects on Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants and Natural Communities State of California. The Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game. Revised May 8, 2000.



California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG). 2011. California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). Rarefind: A Database Application for the Use of the California Department of Fish and Game’s Natural Diversity Database. California Natural Heritage Division, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA.


Cordone, A. J., and T. C. Frantz. 1966. The Lake Tahoe Sport Fishery. California Fish and Game 52(4):240–274.

Grinnell, J., and A. H. Miller. 1944. Distribution of the Birds of California. Pacific Coast Avifauna, No. 27. Berkeley, CA.

MacWhirter, R. B., and K. L. Bildstein. 1996. Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus). In A. Poole and F. Gill (eds.), The Birds of North America. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, DC.

Marks, J. S., D. L. Evans, and D. W. Holt. 1994. Long‐Eared Owl (Asio otus). In A. Poole and F. Gill (eds.), The Birds of North America. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, DC.

Martin, J. W. 1987. Behavior and Habitat Use of Breeding Northern Harriers in Southwestern Idaho. Journal of Raptor Research 21:57–66.

Mayer, K. E., and W. F. Laudenslayer (editors). 1988. A Guide to Wildlife Habitats of California. California Department of Fish and Game. Sacramento, CA. Updated and available online at: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/cwhr/

Moore, M., and M. Santora. 2010. Upper Truckee River Lahontan Cutthroat Trout restoration project. US Forest Service‐LTBMU, Field Season Report, CA. 1‐64.

Murphy, D. D., and C. M. Knopp (eds.). 2000. Lake Tahoe Watershed Assessment. General Technical Report PSW‐GTR‐175. Pacific Southwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service. Albany, CA.

Nevada Natural Heritage Program. 2010. Nevada Animal and Plant At‐Risk Tracking List. Nevada Natural Heritage Program, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Carson City, NV.

Nevada Natural Heritage Program. 2005. State of Nevada List of Fully Protected Plant Species. Nevada Natural Heritage Program, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Carson City, NV.

NNHP. See Nevada Natural Heritage Program

Raumann, C. G., and M. E. Cablk. 2008. Change in the forested and developed landscape of the Lake Tahoe basin, California and Nevada, USA, 1940‐2002. Forest Ecol. And Manage. (255) pg. 3424‐3439.

RHJV. See Riparian Habitat Joint Venture.



Riparian Habitat Joint Venture. 2004. The Riparian Bird Conservation Plan: A Strategy for Reversing the Decline of Riparian Associated Birds in California. Version 2.0. California Partners in Flight. Available: <http://www.prbo.org/calpif/pdfs/riparian_v‐2.pdf>.

Siegel, R. B., and D. F. DeSante. 1999. The Draft Avian Conservation Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bioregion: Conservation Priorities and Strategies for Safeguarding Sierra Bird Populations. Version 1.0. Institute for Bird Populations Report to California Partners in Flight. Available: <http://www.prbo.org/calpif/ htmldocs/sierra/sierraplan.html>.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2006. Goals and Policies. Available at: http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/goals.pdf. Last updated October 2006.


Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012b. TRPA Code of Ordinances. Effective March 1, 2012. Available: <http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=172>

Taylor, A.H. 2007. Forest changes since Euro‐American settlement and ecosystem restoration in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW‐GTR‐203.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2009. Lake Tahoe Region Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan, California –Nevada. 84 pp + Appendices.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2000. Lake Tahoe watershed assessment, volume I. Murphy, D.D. and C.M. Knopp (editors). Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW‐GTR‐175. Albany, CA.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2008. List of Federal Endangered and Threatened Species that Occur in or may be Affected by Projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office. Sacramento, CA. Available online at: http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/ES_Species/Lists/es_species_lists‐overview.htm

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2010. List of Endangered and Threatened Species that May Be Affected by Projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2011. List of Federal Endangered and Threatened Species that Occur in or may be Affected by Projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office. Sacramento, CA. Available online at: http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/ES_Species/Lists/es_species_lists_region‐form‐page.htm

USACE. See U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

USFS 1997, 1998. Ecological Subregions of California, Section and Subsection Descriptions. Compiled by Scott R. Miles and Charles B. Goudey. USDA, Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region, San Francisco, California. Book published September 1997, R5‐EM‐TP‐005. Internet published May 1998, R5‐EM‐TP‐005‐NET. Available: <http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/>. Accessed 28 February 2011.

USFS. 1981. CALVEG: A Classification of California Vegetation. Pacific Southwest Region, Regional Ecology Group, San Francisco CA. 168 pp

USFS. 1988. Land and Resource Management Plan. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, South Lake Tahoe, CA.



USFS. 2004. Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Pacific Southwest Region. Vallejo, CA.

USFS. 2009. Existing Vegetation Data – CALVEG. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Remote Sensing Lab. Vallejo, CA.

USFS. See U.S. Forest Service.

USFWS. See U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Vander Zanden, J.M., S. Chandra, B.C. Allen, J.E. Reuter, and C.R. Goldman. 2003. Historical food web structure and restoration of native aquatic communities in the Lake Tahoe (California‐Nevada) Basin. Ecosystems 6: 274‐288.

Zielinski, W. J., T. E. Kucera, and R. H. Ba. 1995. The Current Distribution of Fisher, Martes pennanti, in California. California Fish and Game 81:104–112.

3.11 RECREATION

Johnson, Sandra L. 1998. An overview of the National Trails System Act. Available: <http://www.americantrails.org/resources/feds/NatTrSysOverview.html>. Accessed October 6, 2011.

Nevada Division of State Parks (NDSP). 1990. Lake Tahoe‐Nevada State Park Master Development Plan with Resource Analysis.

Nevada Division of State Parks (NDSP). 2011. Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park Sand Harbor Recreational Capacity Study. Available: <http://parks.nv.gov/wp‐content/uploads/2012/SHCS_Report_Final.pdf>

Tahoe Coalition of Recreation Providers (TCORP). 2008. Lake Tahoe Basin Bike Trail Survey 2007. Available: <http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/bike_survey_2007.pdf>

Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization. 2012. Lake Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan, Mobility 2035, prepared by Nelson\Nygaard, April 2012.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012. 2011 Threshold Evaluation Report.

United States Forest Service (USFS). 2005. National visitor use monitoring program results for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Available: < http://apps.fs.usda.gov/nrm/nvum/results/Forest.aspx>. Accessed January 4, 2012.

United States Forest Service (USFS). 2010. National visitor use monitoring program results for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Available: < http://apps.fs.usda.gov/nrm/nvum/results/Forest.aspx>. Accessed January 4, 2012.

3.12 POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND HOUSING

TMPO. 2012. Traffic Model Output for Projections Used in the Regional Transportation Plan. Located in Appendix C of this EIR/EIS.



U.S. Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies. 2012. Longitudinal Employer‐Household Dynamics. OnTheMap. Available: <lehd.ces.census.gov/led/index.php>. Accessed December 2011.

U.S. Census. 1990. Summary File 1. Available: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen1990.html. Accessed: December 2011.

U.S. Census. 2000. Summary File 1. Available: http://www.census.gov/census2000/sumfile1.html. Accessed: December 2011.

U.S. Census. 2009. American Community Survey. Available: www.census.gov/acs/www/. Accessed: December 2011.

U.S. Census. 2010. American Fact Finder, Summary File 1. Available: http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html. Accessed: December 2011.

Western Nevada Development District. 2010 (November). Lake Tahoe Prosperity Plan. Prepared for the on behalf of the Lake Tahoe Basin Prosperity Plan Steering Committee. Available at: <http://www.tahoeprosperity.org/images/documents/LTBPPFinalReport_11.24.10.pdf>. Accessed: January 2012.

3.13 PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES

Anderson, Chris. 2012. Southwest Gas Corporation. March 30, 2012 – telephone conversation with Jae Hill of TRPA regarding projections of natural gas service capacity.

California Department of Education. 2012. Data and Statistics Online Database. Available: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/. Accessed April 2012.

California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). 2010. California Natural Gas infrastructure January 2010. Available: www.cpuc.ca.gov. Accessed: April 2012.

CalRecycle. 2011a. Facility/Site Summary Details: South Lake Tahoe Refuse. Solid Waste Facility Listing Online Database. Retrieved: December 12, 2011.

CalReycle. 2011b. Facility/Site Summary Details: Western Regional Landfill. Solid Waste Facility Listing Online Database. Retrieved: December 12, 2011.

Carr, pers. Comm., 2011. Carr, Bill. District Manager. Lockwood Regional Landfill, Storey County, NV. November 21, 2011—telephone conversation with Sarah Henningsen of Ascent Environmental regarding the landfill’s capacity and ability to serve the proposed project.

City of South Lake Tahoe. 2011. General Plan Background Report. City of South Lake Tahoe, California.

Crites. 1998. Small and Decentralized Wastewater Management Systems. McGraw‐Hill Company, Inc. United States.

El Dorado LAFCO. 2007. Agenda of March 29, 2007.

Holl. 2007. Fuel Reduction and Forest Restoration Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin Wildland Urban Interface –Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Prepared for Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Folsom, CA.



IVGID. 2012a. Water &Sewer. Available: www.ivgid.org/utilities_services/water. Accessed: April 2012.

IVGID. 2012b. Public Works & Utilities. Available: www.ivgid.org/departments/public. Accessed: April 2012.

Matthews, Jeff. Liberty Utilities. March 30, 2012 – telephone conversation with Jae Hill of TRPA regarding projections of electricity demand.

NDEP. 2010. State of Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Fact Sheet. Douglas County Sewer Improvement District #1. Available: <http://ndep.nv.gov/docs_10/nev80033_f10.pdf>. Accessed: March 2012.

Nevada County LAFCO. 2011. Public Review Draft Sphere of Influence Plan Update. Truckee Sanitary District, Nevada County, California.

Nevada Department of Education. 2012. Schools/Districts Online Database. Available: http://nde.doe.nv.gov/SD.htm. Accessed April 2012.

Nevada Revised Statues (NRS). 1971. NRS 444.440, Declaration of State Policy. Available: <http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS‐444.html#NRS444Sec440>

NV Energy. 2011. Application of Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy seeking acceptance of its Triennial Integrated Resource Plan cover the period 2010‐2029, including authority to proceed with the permitting and construction of the ON Line transmission project. Available: <https://www.nvenergy.com/company/rates/filings/images/VOLUME4OKTOBINDcorrected.pdf>. Accessed: April 2012.

NV Energy. 2012. Nevada Energy Website. Available: <https://www.nvenergy.com >. Accessed: April 2012.

Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships. 2004. Export of Tahoe Treated Sewage Protects the Lake. Available: http://4swep.org/resources/LakeTahoeReport/087.html

Southwest Gas Corporation. 2012. Southwest Gas Corporation Gas Tariff. Available: http://www.swgas.com/tariffs/california_gas_tariff.php. Accessed: April 2012.

STPUD. 2012. District Information. Available: www.stpud.us/districtinfo.html. Accessed: April 2012.

STR. 2011. South Tahoe Refuse and Recycling Services. 2011. South Tahoe Refuse & Recycling Services. Available: www.southtahoerefuse.com. Accessed: March 2012.

Tahoe Water Suppliers Association (TWSA). 2011. 2011 Watershed Control Program Annual Report. Prepared for Board Members of the Tahoe Water suppliers Association. Available: http://www.tahoeh2o.org/AnnualReport11.pdf. Accessed: December 2011.

TRPA. 2005. Sierra Colina Village Project Draft EIS. Section 4.11, Public Services and Utilities.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Water Resources (DWR). 2008. Truckee River Operating Agreement Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report.

U.S. Forest Service, et al. 2007. Lake Tahoe Basin Multi‐Jurisdictional Fuel Reduction and Wildlife Prevention Strategy. 10 Year Plan.



U.S. Forest Service. 2007. Stewardship Fireshed Assessment: A Process for Designing a Landscape Fuel Treatment Strategy. Prepared by Bahro, Bernhard; Barber, Klaus H.; Sherlock, Joseph W.; Yasuda, Donald A.

Walden, Eric. 2012. NV Energy. April 2, 2012 – telephone conversation with Jae Hill of TRPA regarding projections of electricity demand.

3.14 HAZARDS AND PUBLIC SAFETY

CAL FIRE. See California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). 2007 (July 3). Archived Incidents‐Angora Fire. Available: http://bof.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=184. Accessed October 15, 2011.

California‐Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire Commission. 2008. The Emergency California‐Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire Commission Report. California Office of State Publishing. Sacramento, California. May 2008.

Carson City. 2004a (July). Nevada Community Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Project‐Tahoe‐Douglas Fire Protection District. Carson City, NV. Available: http://www.rci‐nv.com/reports/tahoedouglas/index.html Prepared by Resource Concepts, Inc.

Carson City. 2004b (July). Nevada Community Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Project‐Tahoe‐North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District. Carson City, NV. A http://www.rci‐nv.com/reports/northlt/index.html. Prepared by Resource Concepts, Inc.

Carson City. 2010. Health & Human Services‐Mosquito Abatement. Available: http://www.gethealthycarsoncity.org/en/environmental‐health/mosquito‐abatement.html. Accessed October 11, 2011.

City of South Lake Tahoe. 1990 (July). Lake Tahoe Airport Comprehensive Land Use Plan. City of South Lake Tahoe, CA. Revised 2007.

City of South Lake Tahoe. 2011. 2030 General Plan Health and Safety Element. Adopted May 17, 2011. Available: http://sltgpu.com/. Accessed December 10, 2011.

Douglas County. 2006. Douglas County Mosquito Control. Available: http://www.douglascountynv.gov/sites/Mosquito/index.cfm. Accessed October 12, 2011.

El Dorado County 2004. 2004 El Dorado County General Plan. Health, Safety, and Noise Element. Adopted July 19, 2004. Available: http://www.edcgov.us/Government/Planning/Adopted_General_Plan.aspx

El Dorado County. 2011. Vector Control District. Available: www.co.el‐dorado.ca.us/VectorControl/. Accessed December 19, 2011.

EPA. See U.S. EPA.

Huggins, Mary. Division Chief, Tahoe Basin/Alpine County. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Amador‐El Dorado‐Sacramento‐Alpine Unit, South Lake Tahoe, CA. 2012. Email correspondence with Ellen Morales of Ascent Environmental regarding description of CAL FIRE roles and responsibilities. March 12, 2012.



Living With Fire. 2012. Fire Ecology‐Fire is Natural to Tahoe’s Environment. Available: http://www.livingwithfire.info/tahoe/?click=fireecology. Accessed December 12, 2011.

Placer County. 2011. Placer Mosquito & Vector Control District. Available: http://www.placermosquito.org/what_we_do.php. Accessed December 19, 2011.

Tahoe Basin Fire Safe Council. 2004. Community Wildfire Protection Plan for the California Portion of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Prepared by: C.G. Celio & Sons Co., Steve Holl Consulting, and Wildland Rx. Prepared for: Tahoe Basin Fire Safe Council, Fallen Leaf Fire Department, Lake Valley Fire Protection District, Meeks Bay Fire Protection District, North Tahoe Fire Protection District. Accessed on February 2, 2012. Available: http://www.trpa.org/documents/docdwnlds/Fire_Plan/basinwide.pdf

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012. TRPA Code of Ordinances. Effective March 1, 2012. Available: http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=172

U.S. EPA. 2011 (August 9). National Priorities List (NPL). Available: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/query/queryhtm/nplmapsg.htm. Accessed October 10, 2011.

Washoe County. 2011. Mosquito Abatement. Available: http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/health/ehs/vector/mma.html. Accessed October 12, 2011.

3.15 CULTURAL RESOURCES


City of South Lake Tahoe. 2011. 2030 South Lake Tahoe General Plan Policy Document. Adopted May 17, 2011. Prepared for the City of South Lake Tahoe by Mintier Harnish, Pacific Municipal Consultants, LSC Transportation Consultants, JC Brennan, and Ambient. Available: <http://www.sltgpu.com/>

Douglas County. 2007. Douglas County Master Plan 2006 Update. Adopted January 4, 2007. Updates through March 1, 2011. Prepared for the Douglas County Community Development Department by Design Workshop and Sierra Business Council. Available: <http://www.douglascountynv.gov/sites/CDAdmin/MasterPlan.cfm>

El Dorado County. 2004. 2004 El Dorado County General Plan. Adopted July 19, 2004. Available: <http://www.edcgov.us/Government/Planning/Adopted_General_Plan.aspx>

North Lake Tahoe Visitors Bureau. 2011. Website: History of Tahoe. Available: <http://www.gotahoenorth.com/about‐tahoe/tahoe‐history‐and‐facts/history‐of‐tahoe>

Placer County. 1994. Placer County General Plan Update Countywide General Plan Policy Document. Adopted August 16, 1994. Prepared by Placer County with Assistance from Crawford Multari & Starr, DKS Associates, Psomas and Associates, Jones & Stokes Associates, Recht Hausrath & Associates, and J. Laurence Mintier & Associates. Available: <http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/CommunityDevelopment/Planning/Documents/CommPlans/PCGP.aspx>



Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 1987. Regional Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin: Goals and Policies.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2009. Boulder Bay Community Enhancement Program Project Draft EIS. Available: < http://www.trpa.org/default.aspx?tabid=408>

U.S. Forest Service. 2011a. U.S. Forest Service Website: Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Available: <http://www.fs.usda.gov/ltbmu>

U.S. Forest Service. 2011b. U.S. Forest Service Website: Forest Plan Revision. Available: <http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ltbmu/landmanagement/projects/?cid=fsm9_046482>

Carson City. 2006. Carson City Master Plan. Adopted April 6, 2006. Available: <http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=809>

Washoe County. 2010. Master Plan: Tahoe Area Plan. Adopted May 20, 2010. Available: <http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/comdev_files/cp/tahoe_area_plan.pdf>

4 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS

ARB. 2011. Air Quality Data. Available: http://www.arb.ca.gov/adam/.

Carr, Bill. District Manager. Lockwood Regional Landfill, Storey County, NV. November 21, 2011—telephone conversation with Sarah Henningsen of Ascent Environmental regarding the landfill’s capacity and ability to serve the proposed project.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). 2012. 2011 Threshold Evaluation Report.

TRPA. 2005. Sierra Colina Village Project Draft EIS. Section 4.11 Public Services and Utilities

TRPA. 2007. Threshold Evaluation, Chapter 4 Soil Conservation. Available: < http://www.tiims.org/Data‐Repository/Documents/Lake‐Tahoe‐Basin/Science‐and‐Reporting/Data‐Synthesis,‐Reporting,‐and‐Management/Reporting/TRPA/2006/2006‐TRPA‐Threshold‐Evaluation‐‐‐Chapter‐4‐Soils.aspx>. Accessed October 3, 2011.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Water Resources (DWR). 2008. Truckee River Operating Agreement Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report.

5 OTHER TRPA- AND CEQA--MANDATED SECTIONS

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