APPEAL TO BE HEARD ON DUMPING COMPANY'S LICENSE.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Staff Writer LANCASTER -- Lancaster is seeking to revoke the business license of a company embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . in a controversy with neighbors over material that had been stored on its site. City officials had started an attempt in March to revoke the business license for Smith and Thompson Pumping Company, located on West Avenue L-9 near Division Street. The move was stayed pending an appeal that is scheduled to be heard tonight by the City Council. City officials said the business license was issued in 2002 for a transportation company. They said a transportation company would be allowed in areas zoned as light industrial. When Smith and Thompson applied for a new license in January because of a change in ownership, the description of the business was listed as ``pumping and disposing of nonhazardous waste,'' which is not permitted in light-industrial areas, said Brian Ludicke, the city's director of community development. ``They are a waste-disposal operation. The zoning does not allow that,'' Ludicke said. ``The city's action is in response to the land use.'' In a letter to the city regarding the appeal, an attorney for owner Dorothy Smith said the nature of the business is being misinterpreted. ``STPC STPC Short-Term Power Control STPC Stopover Paid by Carrier (airline industry) is not a waste-disposal facility,'' attorney Michael Kelly This could refer to:
The company's trucks are unloaded before returning to the site at the end of the day, Kelly wrote. ``Smith and Thompson Pumping Co. may on occasion have to leave a tanker in the yard overnight due to unanticipated circumstances, such as early closings of a disposal site or mechanical problems with a tractor, but it does not allow accumulation of solid, liquid, sludge or biosolids biosolids Sewage sludge, the residues remaining from the treatment of sewage. For use as a fertilizer in agricultural applications, biosolids must first be stabilized through processing, such as digestion or the addition of lime, to reduce concentrations of heavy metals and in its yard area as much as is reasonably possible,'' Kelly wrote. The site has come under review by agencies including the Los Angeles County Health Department and the California Environmental Protection Agency The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) was created in 1991 by Governor Pete Wilson, through an executive order.[1] The agency combined six board, departments, and offices into one cabinet-level office:[2] odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. and dust from waste piles at the property as tall as 8 feet, burning the eyes of those who live nearby and making breathing difficult. The neighbors asserted that septic-tank waste was mixed in with other waste to camouflage it. The material was pumice pumice (pŭm`ĭs), volcanic glass formed by the solidification of lava that is permeated with gas bubbles. Usually found at the surface of a lava flow, it is colorless or light gray and has the general appearance of a rock froth. stone, used in washing denim, and had been stored on the site by another company, S & S Environmental Processing. Tests of the material determined it was not hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. and did not contain fecal matter, Kelly wrote. Both Smith and Thompson and S & S Environmental have since had the material removed. james.skeen@dailynews (661) 267-5743 IF YOU GO The Lancaster City Council will hear an appeal of a move to remove a pumping company's business license, at 6 tonight in council chambers, 44933 Fern Ave. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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