ELR Citation: ELR 20727
No(s). R-2736 (D. Nev. May 16, 1973)

The defendants are enjoined from issuing any new building permits until the completion of facilities for waste treatment and exportation that satisfy the water quality standards and implementation plan for the Lake Tahoe basin adopted by Nevada pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Stating that the statute is to be interpreted liberally, the court holds that districts which fail to implement sewage disposal plans adopted pursuant to the Act are "violators"; that the relief sought is an appropriate equitable remedy in "abatement" of pollution, even though new permits for holding tanks would not affect water quality; and that failure to implement water quality standards according to plan is harm-sufficient to justify an injunction.

Counsel for Plaintiff
Raymond B. Little, Assistant U.S. Attorney
Federal Building
300 Booth Street
Reno, NV 89502

Matthew S. Walker
James Jaffe
David Mowday
Environmental Protection Agency
100 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

Counsel for Defendants
Howard McKibben
First National Bank Building
Minden, NV 89423

Lester H. Barkson
State Line, NV 89449