BOARD WILL VOTE ON DUMP PERMIT.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer GRANADA HILLS - Sunshine Canyon Landfill operators hope to clear their last major regulatory hurdle when the state water board votes Thursday on a proposed water permit for the dump's expansion into Granada Hills. Landfill opponents, who have been fighting the dump for more than two decades, are urging the 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. Regional Water Quality Control Board to halt the project, the first phase of a planned 55 million-ton dump. ``We're always hopeful some agency will see the light and do the right thing,'' said Wayde Hunter, president of the North Valley Coalition. ``But if they are going to do it, they should do it with the greatest protection.'' The coalition has asked the water board to require a double liner system beneath the new landfill to reduce the risk of toxics leaching into the groundwater. Double liners are usually required only for 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. dumps. The water permit already requires Browning Ferris Industries to upgrade the gas-collection system at its landfill and build a cut-off cut-off Anesthesiology The point at which elongation of the carbon chain of the 1-alkanol family of anesthetics results in a precipitous drop in the anesthetic potential of these agents–eg, at > 12 carbons in length, there is little anesthetic activity, wall at the mouth of the canyon to stop groundwater from flowing away from the dump. District Manager Greg Loughnane said BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance will meet the board's demands, but that homeowners likely will still not be satisfied. ``They repeat the same concerns,'' Loughnane said. ``We've responded, and it was taken into consideration in environmental documents and subsequent environmental documents.'' Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California and City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
BFI got permission to build from the state waste board in May. The company needs its water permit, plus a few minor clearances, before it can break ground - it hopes by the end of the year. Ultimately, BFI wants to join the new city dump with the existing county dump to make one giant landfill capable of holding 90 million tons of trash. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO --The Regional Water Quality Control Board will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Metropolitan Water District headquarters, at 700 N. Alameda Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. St., Los Angeles. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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