CRITICS DUMPING ON LANDFILL MERGER SOME CONCERNED MOVE WILL DRAW TONS OF OUTSIDE WASTE.Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer GRANADA HILLS -- Neighborhood activists worry the merger of two Sunshine Canyon Landfills into a megadump could draw tons of unwanted trash from outside the region if county officials agree to a last-minute request by dump operators. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
unorganised, unorganized - not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government" land, one in city land -- as a single operation. Today the board will vote on details of a new land-use permit. But landfill owner, Browning Ferris Industries, has been pushing county officials to remove a condition in the permit that prohibits the company from taking trash originating outside 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. City officials added that prohibition in 1999, when they approved an expansion and cleared the way for the joint city-county dump. Activists worry that if BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance gets its way, the landfill could become a magnet for trash companies that are located outside Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, -- and even the state -- that don't have as strict air pollution controls on their trucks. Councilman Greig Smith Greig Smith is a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 12th District, which includes Granada Hills, Northridge and other parts of the Western San Fernando Valley. Smith is also a reserve officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. said he does not want the county to overrule The refusal by a judge to sustain an objection set forth by an attorney during a trial, such as an objection to a particular question posed to a witness. To make void, annul, supersede, or reject through a subsequent decision or action. the city's hard-fought rule. But BFI District Manager Greg Loughnane said the policy doesn't make sense, especially because Los Angeles County now sends 8,000 tons per day of garbage to Orange and Riverside counties and plans to rail-haul its garbage to Imperial County starting in 2013. ``When counties start imposing restrictions on things when in fact their waste streams go to other counties. it's inconsistent,'' BFI District Manager Greg Loughnane said. The County Counsel's Office has also questioned whether the county can legally stop BFI from taking trash from outside the county, but the supervisors have so far said they want the new permit to match the city's strict standards. The proposed land-use permit has been in the works for more than two years as BFI and opponents fought over rules and regulations at what will be one of the nation's largest landfills. kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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