DUMP IMPROVEMENTS SOUGHT COUNTY WANTS BFI TO ADD DOUBLE LINING.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer 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 officials said Thursday that they want the operators of Sunshine Canyon Landfill to install a costly double liner under new portions of the dump as a condition of opening a 90 million-ton landfill next year. Planning staffers recommended the double liner as a condition of issuing the final land-use permit that Browning Ferris Industries needs before it can merge its existing landfill in the unincorporated Adj. 1. unincorporated - not organized and maintained as a legal corporation unorganised, unorganized - not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government" county area with one it is developing in adjacent Granada Hills. The existing landfill has a single liner and BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance would have to install the double liner on new sections of the county landfill. Earlier this year, water regulators ordered BFI to install the double liner under the Granada Hills portion - a project that is expected to cost about $23 million. BFI unsuccessfully appealed the order for the Granada Hills liner, and said it wasn't surprised to see the double liner in the county recommendation. The company now accepts 6,000 tons of trash daily at the 35 million-ton Sunshine Canyon Landfill. The Granada Hills dump will be built to accept a total of 55 million tons. County officials said the proposed permit is tougher than the existing permit, with new fees to generate millions of dollars to develop parkland, increase recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. , develop alternative trash technologies and benefit the surrounding community. ``We anticipate there may be some resistance from BFI, but county staff felt this was necessary and appropriate,'' said Carlos Ruiz, assistant division head at the county's Department of 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. . BFI's proposed mega-dump would cover 451 acres, taking in 12,100 tons of trash daily for 25 years. But landfill critics said the new permit has loopholes, such as a provision that would allow the Board of Supervisors to indefinitely increase the amount of trash BFI can accept in order to manage the county waste stream and protect public health. ``If a landfill elsewhere closed they could divert all the waste to Sunshine Canyon,'' said Mary Edwards with the North Valley Coalition. ``They can have a disposal crisis anytime it's politically convenient for them.'' Others worry about traffic generated by the roughly 2,500 daily vehicles to the mega-landfill, nearly double the number of trucks currently going to Sunshine Canyon Landfill. BFI project manager Dave Edwards
David Monroe Edwards , who is not related to Mary Edwards, said the company is simply seeking the last permit needed to join two approved landfills and has already addressed traffic concerns. ``Will people in Granada Hills notice the difference? No,'' Dave Edwards said. He added that the amount of fees proposed was unexpected. The county staff wants BFI to pay $3.7 million a year to the county for parkland and natural habitat around the landfill, pay up to $3 million to develop alternatives to landfills, pay nearly $1 million a year to fund recycling efforts in the unincorporated areas In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, i.e., a city or town with its own government. and pay $3.7 million a year into a fund for community improvements in the unincorporated areas as dictated by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San . That is in addition to the 12 percent fee BFI will pay on trash dumped in the landfill. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO --The Los Angeles County Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle will consider a permit for Sunshine Canyon Landfill when it meets at 9 a.m. Dec. 1 at the Hall of Records, 320 W. Temple St. The commission will hold another meeting on the permit at 6 p.m. Jan. 12 at Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. , 10535 Zelzah Ave. CAPTION(S): box, map Box: IF YOU GO (see text) Map: Granada Hills Daily News |
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