AIR POLLUTION DISTRICT SEEKS INDEPENDENCE.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - State Sen. W.J. ``Pete'' Knight, R-Palmdale, introduced legislation Wednesday to designate des·ig·nate tr.v. des·ig·nat·ed, des·ig·nat·ing, des·ig·nates 1. To indicate or specify; point out. 2. To give a name or title to; characterize. 3. the Antelope Valley's air pollution control district as an independent district, thus giving it more autonomy. Senate Bill 1459 would change the ``county district'' status to an independent district. The new designation would give the district the ability to hire its own treasurer and controller so it would have greater authority over its budget and internal housekeeping matters. The bill is expected to be heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee in April. Under its current status, the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley district must comply with numerous Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County regulations, including provisions that make county officers ex-officio officers of the district. ``It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a our local district was in charge of its own internal operations,'' Knight said. The bill does not affect the makeup of the district's board or the enforcement of air quality regulations, Knight said. After years of bridling under the rules of the South Coast Air Quality Management District The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution for most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County, and all of Orange county. , the Antelope Valley was able to break away and form its own district in 1997. |
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