DUMP EXPANSION IMPROPER TASK FORCE SAYS BRADLEY CHANGES DIDN'T FOLLOW COUNTY PLAN.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer A little-known 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 task force said Thursday that the Bradley Landfill and the city of Los Angeles
The Los Angeles County Integrated Waste Management Task Force's members voted that the Bradley changes did not meet the county's garbage disposal Noun 1. garbage disposal - a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage electric pig, disposal kitchen appliance - a home appliance used in preparing food garbage disposal, garbage disposal unit n plan - a decision state landfill regulators said has no legal effect because the landfill permit has already been approved by the highest authority. Task force members conceded con·cede v. con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing, con·cedes v.tr. 1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. that their vote was toothless, but said it was important to take a stand. ``We are given some duties and we are performing our duties regardless of where the chips are going to fall,'' said Mike Mohajer, a task force member and former assistant director of the Los Angeles County Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
The task force is made up of city and county employees and local elected officials who decide whether landfill projects meet the county's plan governing garbage disposal sites. For the past 18 months, the task force has been reviewing the problems, which did not come to light until 2000. Some members said there were too many questions surrounding Los Angeles city records on the landfill changes. And Mohajer was troubled by reports of methane methane (mĕth`ān), CH4, colorless, odorless, gaseous saturated hydrocarbon; the simplest alkane. It is less dense than air, melts at −184°C;, and boils at −161.4°C;. gas problems at the landfill. Bradley Landfill managers were boggled by their decision. ``We gave them everything they asked for,'' said Doug Corcoran, Waste Management Inc. district director. ``The professional engineers that have studied this site ... have all reached the same conclusion that the site is in compliance, give them the permit.'' The debate dates back to 1998 when Bradley managers sought to reconfigure To change the status of something. the Sun Valley site and shift about 1 million cubic yards of unused space allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. from an old, closed landfill on site to the current landfill. Los Angeles Planning and Environmental Affairs departments decided the company didn't need to change the permit, conduct environmental review or hold public hearings. Waste Management also asked to change permit information, saying the height limit on the original permit mistakenly read 1,000 feet instead of 1,010 feet and that the estimated closure date said 2000 instead of 2007. State landfill inspectors discovered the changes and decided they did merit a formal permit change and that triggered a series of public hearings in which residents railed against the landfill and city oversight
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After much community and local political opposition, state regulators approved the Bradley Landfill changes and new permit in April 2003. California Integrated Waste Management Board spokeswoman Roni Java said Friday that the task force's decision has ``no legal effect on the permit.'' But East Valley Coalition member and vocal Bradley Landfill opponent Ellen Mackey called the task force denial a victory. ``For us, it's a validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. ,'' she said. ``It's a small victory, it may be a toothless victory, but at least it's a validation from a qualified group of people.'' Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): map Map: Bradley Landfill Daily News |
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