DISPOSAL FOR TIRES FUNDED; STATE WILL CLEAR OUT MASSIVE STORAGE SITE.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer State waste officials will spend $130,000 to clean up a pile of 50,000 tires at 90th Street East and Avenue R-4. California Integrated Waste Management Board agreed to provide the funding for cleanup of a site owned by Sylmar-based Import Tires. The discarded tires cover an area nearly the size of a football field - almost 100 yards long, 120 feet wide and 6 feet high at its peak. ``Typically we try to find a way to recycle the tires,'' said Lanny Clavecilla, spokesman for the waste board. ``If we can't, the tires will be cut and shredded shred n. 1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off. 2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence. tr.v. and put in a landfill.'' Because of the pile, the waste board denied a hauling permit to Import Tires. It was the state's first such action since it began issuing tire hauling permits in 1995, state officials said. In March, the state issued Import Tires a cleanup and abatement A reduction, a decrease, or a diminution. The suspension or cessation, in whole or in part, of a continuing charge, such as rent. With respect to estates, an abatement is a proportional diminution or reduction of the monetary legacies, a disposition of property by will, when order. The company has yet to comply, Clavecilla said. Import Tires will have an opportunity to state its case at a Nov. 6 administrative hearing administrative hearing n. a hearing before any governmental agency or before an administrative law judge. Such hearings can range from simple arguments to what amounts to a trial. There is no jury, but the agency or the administrative law judge will make a ruling. . The cleanup will begin in early 2000. Company officials could not be located for comment. 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 Supervisor Michael Antonovich, whose district includes Sun Village, pushed for the waste board funding, stating that a fire in the pile could devastate dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. the community. Two piles containing millions of tires are burning in two San Joaquin Valley Noun 1. San Joaquin Valley - a vast valley in central California known for its rich farmland Calif., California, Golden State, CA - a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes communities. At one time, Import Tires had requested a waste-tire facility permit application from the state waste board but never completed it, officials said, adding that the application request came four months after it had begun storing tires. The waste board requires permits for the storage of 500 or more tires. The state permit mandates certain standards and operations to ensure security and safety, such as measures against fire and to protect against disease-carrying rodents. |
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