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Board adopts first reading of ordinance expanding Lake County boat inspection program to cover golden mussel; board asks staff to return with stiffer fines
Summary
Supervisors approved an ordinance amendment expanding the county's water vessel inspection program to include golden mussel and other invasive freshwater mussels, and scheduled a second reading; board members pressed staff to return with options for higher administrative fines to strengthen deterrence.
Lake County supervisors voted Tuesday to approve the first reading of an ordinance that expands the county’s water vessel inspection program to add the golden mussel and other invasive freshwater mussels to the list of species that trigger inspection and enforcement requirements.
Director Upadhyay of the county Water Resources Department told the board the existing program in article 9, chapter 15 of the Lake County Code was originally aimed at quagga and zebra mussels and must be updated because of the recent discovery of golden mussel in the Bay Area. "Updating the water vessel inspection program is a necessary…
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