CREWS TARGET ILLEGAL DUMPS.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - Jail camp crews rolled up their sleeves and went to work in a Palmdale field turned into an illegal dumping ground, the most recent area designated for cleanup in a 2-year-old program. Nearly a dozen camp crew workers tossed trash, household garbage and vehicle parts into Dumpsters donated by Waste Management and burned scrap lumber and discarded tree branches in the field near Avenue P-14 between Fourth and Sixth streets east. ``This is just another part of our cleanup efforts to rid 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 of illegal dumping areas,'' said Deputy Lauren Brown. ``Waste Management donates the roll-aways, the crews handle the labor and everybody benefits.'' The all-day cleanup was part of the Illegal Dumping Enforcement program, which teamed up 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 Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , the Sheriff's Department, the county Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
Besides cleaning up illegal dumps, the program aims at raising awareness Raising awareness is a common phrase advocacy groups use to justify a particular event, brochure or even the entire organization. Raising awareness refers to alerting the general public that a certain issue exists and should be approached the way the group desires. to the problem, posting signs announcing penalties and increasing patrols to catch dumpers. The program also has a toll-free hotline for Antelope Valley residents to report dumping. With the most recent acquisition of $190,000 from the California Integrated Waste Management Board earlier this year, the program has secured nearly $700,000 to combat illegal dumping in the Antelope Valley. The program entered its second phase in May when officials erected billboards alongside Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , in Lake Los Angeles and Littlerock. The billboards depict a poppy poppy, common name for some members of the Papaveraceae, a family composed chiefly of herbs of the Northern Hemisphere having a characteristic milky or colored sap. field with a message about keeping Antelope Valley clean. ``This is a huge problem out here,'' Brown said. ``We have a lot of open area and not enough deputies to patrol it all. Catching these guys is like trying to find a needle in a haystack For the epidode of the TV series House, see . A needle in a haystack is an English idiom that refers to an object (or a person) that is difficult to find because it is lost, mixed in, or buried within a much larger space, mass, crowd, or group of some other objects. .'' Five arrests have been made in the past three months, all in Littlerock. Penalties can range from five days community service picking up trash to a year in jail. Fines start at about $1,000 and increase depending on the severity of the dumping and the items dumped. To report illegal dumping call the toll-free anti-dumping hotline number, (888) 838-6746, also funded by the program. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: A dozen jail work camp members burn scrap wood and branches during a cleanup of an illegal dump Wednesday in Palmdale. Greg Botonis/Staff Photographer |
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