South Tahoe Public Utility District Sunset and Tanglewood Well Pumping Discharge License
Summary
SCH Number
2026070283
Public Agency
California Tahoe Conservancy
Document Title
South Tahoe Public Utility District Sunset and Tanglewood Well Pumping Discharge License
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/9/2026
Document Description
Execution of a short-term license agreement with South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) for access onto and through portions of Conservancy land to install, maintain, and remove two (2) temporary water discharge systems to disperse water generated during well repair tests of the STPUD Sunset and Tanglewood Wells and to construct, maintain, and remove two (2) temporary trail crossings where existing public trails intersect with discharge system components. Groundwater will be pumped from the Sunset Well, located at 885 Sunset Avenue in South Lake Tahoe, California, and the Tanglewood Well, located at 942 Tanglewood Drive in South Lake Tahoe, California. The temporary discharge systems consist of an eight- (8) to 12-inch-wide aluminum irrigation pipeline, a flow diffuser, and silt fencing. Silt fencing will be placed approximately 30 feet from the point of discharge to prevent sediment mobilization. Hand crews will be employed to install and remove the temporary discharge systems.
Contact Information
Name
Nick Meyer
Agency Name
California Tahoe Conservancy
Job Title
land Management Program Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Mark Seelos
Agency Name
South Tahoe Public Utility District
Job Title
Water Resources Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
South Lake Tahoe
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Sunset Boulevard and Conestoga street
Zip
96150
Parcel #
031-290-37, 022-210-37, 031-011-43, and 026-200-11
State Highways
Highway 50
Airports
South Lake Tahoe Airport
Schools
South Tahoe Middle School, South Lake Tahoe High School
Waterways
Lake Tahoe, Trout Creek, Upper Truckee River
Township
12N
Range
18E
Base
MDM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4, §15304. (See also Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 12102.4.)
Reasons for Exemption
condition of land and water that will not involve the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees, which are exempt under §15304. Activities authorized by the short-term license agreement will neither impact a critical environmental resource mapped and adopted by federal, state, or local agencies nor will result in significant effects on the environment. STPUD will restore temporary impacts to pre-project conditions after the conclusion of activities. STPUD will conduct monitoring and implement sediment, turbidity, erosion, and color control measures consistent with requirements of a Basin Plan Prohibition Exemption issued by the State Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, on June 18, 2026, and consistent with requirements of the Statewide National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit for Drinking Water System Discharges to Waters of the United States, Order WQ, 2014-0194-DWQ, to ensure there are no adverse impacts to water quality and beneficial uses of Trout Creek and The Upper Truckee River.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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