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0364August 23, 1974 Tahoe Paradise Water and Gas Company P.O. Box 11117 Tahoe Paradise, CA 95705 Attention: Mr. George C. Baron App. No. 18021, 18030, 18031, 18038, 18039, 19629 Gentlemen: The Board is establishing procedures for processing applications for water within the Tahoe Basin. Since consideration will be given first to those applications with earliest priority of application date, your application will be one of the earliest to be reviewed. On April 4, 1973, the Board adopted regulations for the implemen- tation of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA). Under these regulations, the Board cannot issue any permit to appropriate water until major consideration has been given to preventing environmental damage. It is our understanding that your project is identical to that of the Angora Water Company, as described in their application No. 23502, and that their application is to be withdrawn if your petition for change in point of diversion is approved. On May 13, 1973, the Board informed Angora Water Company of the need for information to complete our initial study of possible environmen- tal impacts related to the project. At that time, we were con- sidering the possibility of developing one master Environmental Impact Report for all applications for water from the Lake Tahoe Basin so that the cumulative effects of the diversions could be disclosed. However, with the establishment of new policies relating to the disposition of applications in the Tahoe Basin, 1/94 SURNAME 1 ; �(._�f----`..i (' ? ` VS 1� i `/ 2 3 4 21142-889 2-74 15M OSP Tahoe Paradise Water and Gas Company 1 -2- August 23, 1974 and the limits placed on the amount of water allotted to California in the California -Nevada Interstate Compact, it is only necessary to review those applications with earliest priority at this time. Since your agency is a private company; the Board'will act as lead agency in the submission of an environmental document for review by other interested agencies and individuals. If you have completed an environmental document for this project, please send us a copy for review as soon as possible so that consideration of your application may proceed. The Board staff will review the document to determine if all possible impacts of the project have been disclosed prior to any action by the Board. If the document requires supplementary work, we will ,assist you in defining the remaining tasks. If the document has not been circulated to other state and local agencies, we will consult with you on the procedures required. If you have not completed an environmental document, the Board, as lead agency, will make an initial study to determine the form which the environmental documents must take. To complete the initial study we will need information outlined in Sections 15141 to 15143 of the State Guidelines, a copy of which is enclosed. For the purpose of this initial study, "Project" refers to the entire development associated with the diversion, storage and use of water under this application and any other related water rights. The requested information should be prepared in report form; how- ever, reference can be made to other studies and reports if they are provided to the Board. The enclosed check list can serve to highlight specific areas of possible impacts related to your project and to indicate specific subjects which will require emphasis in your report. Of particular concern in relation to your project are secondary impacts result- ing from growth inducing aspects of increased water availability. If it our understanding that the Tahoe Regional: Planning Agency has information available relating to projected water needs within the basin. This information may serve as a source for some of your discussion. We would appreciate an early response, so this matter can he brought before the Board as soon as possible. If you are not 101 Tahoe Paradise Water and Gas Company -3- August 23, 1974 able to prepare the information by October 1, 1974, please submit plans and a schedule by that date relating to your completion of the environmental document. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ray Dunham or John Iiuddleson at (916) 322-2416. COPY `VPY L ORIR.G:NAL DUNIIAM`D BY L. R. DUNHAhI, Chief Environmental Impact Analysis Unit Division of Planning and Research Enclosures (2) LRDunham:dschimeck