CITY APPEALS TO MITIGATE PIT CONSTRUCTION.Byline: Judy O'Rourke Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A federal appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. was asked Tuesday to overturn a consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. that will allow a 56.1 million-ton gravel pit Noun 1. gravel pit - a quarry for gravel stone pit, quarry, pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" to be developed in Soledad Canyon. During a 50-minute hearing before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, attorney Debra Prosser represented the city in its legal battle to lessen the environmental impacts of the proposed mine on the neighboring communities. ``Our view is a mine the size and scope of this mine is not compatible with environmental issues of the site and is not compatible within 1 1/2 miles of the city of Santa Clarita,'' Prosser said. ``Our goal is to get enough conditions and mitigations put on the mine to reduce its size and the scope of it.'' Kerry Shapiro, the lead attorney for Cemex's Soledad Canyon project, said the company will await the decision, which is expected in about four months. |
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