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TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE. GOVERNANCE & FUNCTION. TRPA RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROGRAMS. Tahoe Regional Planning Compact. Other Statutes CWA, CAA, CCAA, TDA, SDWA, MPO. Statutes. Environmental Thresholds. Federal/State/Local AQS & WQS.
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TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY • ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE
TRPA RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROGRAMS Tahoe Regional Planning Compact Other Statutes CWA, CAA, CCAA, TDA, SDWA, MPO Statutes Environmental Thresholds Federal/State/Local AQS & WQS Standards GOALS & POLICIES CODE OF ORDINANCES PAS/CP/MP RTP-AQP 208 PLAN Plan Elements ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PRGM MONITORING PROGRAM REGULATORY PROGRAM Implementation Threshold Evaluation Reports Evaluation
TRPA GOVERNING BOARD • 15 Members (7 California, 7 Nevada and 1 Federal) • Establishes Agency policy • Acts on Regional Plan amendments • Acts on certain project applications and related environmental documents • Also serves as the RTPA Board and the MPO Board (with USFS member)
TRPA ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION • 19 members (9 California, 9 Nevada, and 1 Federal) • Advises Governing Board on all Regional Plan amendments and project EISs
REGULATORY PROGRAM • Rulemaking and enforcement authority aimed at controlling environmental impacts of new development • Establishes development limitations (location, pace and overall development caps) • Establishes design and construction standards
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (EIP) • Repairs environmental damage of the past • Coordinated effort to identify, fund and implement all necessary environmental improvements, programs, and research to attain thresholds • $908 million of the $2 billion program needed within 10 year timeframe • Entire $908 million has been committed
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM • Provides feedback on threshold attainment progress • Provides information for necessary regulatory or EIP adjustments • Provides validation of regional plan and thresholds