By Jeremy Morrison - The Tahoe Daily Tribune
May 11, 2001
The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board will hold a public hearing Friday regarding the alleged environmental
negligence of Squaw Valley USA. Accusing the ski area of being less than willing to comply with a number of environmental
regulations, the board will decide whether or not to refer the resort to the state's attorney general office.
"Regional board staff believe that they have exhausted their regulatory and enforcement options, short of
referring this matter to the Office of the Attorney General," reads a Lahontan control board document. "Regional
board staff have not been satisfied with the results of their efforts to date."
The water quality control board accuses that Squaw Valley USA "violated or may have violated" numerous
environmental regulations, including failure to comply with waste discharge requirements, cleanup and abatement
orders and discharge prohibitions.
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