EXTENSION MULLED FOR WASTE PLANT.Byline: Eugene Tong tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The city will consider an extension for a waste hauler to complete a promised 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. plant after state regulators objected to the facility's proposed site. A proposal before the City Council on Tuesday would push the Materials Recovery Facility's groundbreaking deadline from April 15 to Oct. 15, and the operation date from Feb. 15, 2006 to Aug. 15, officials said. Fontana-based Burrtec Waste Industries, which holds the city's commercial trash franchise, asked for the extension after the state Public Utilities Commission vetoed plans to construct the recycling plant on 15 acres north of the former Keysor-Century plastics plant in Saugus, said Travis Lange, the city's environmental services The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric, manager. ``We want to give them a little more time to get it done right,'' Councilwoman Laurene Weste said Friday. ``You can't predict all the issues that can come up with a municipality MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests. .'' Since last October, the agency and Metrolink have cited safety concerns with increased truck traffic on the railroad railroad or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more. crossing at the property's only entrance at Drayton Road. In a March 18 letter to the city of Santa Clarita, the PUC's Rail Crossings Engineering Section stated it ``will not support an expansion in vehicle use of the crossing'' and suggested Burrtec look elsewhere. The waste hauler's proposed 81,000-square-foot facility is a condition in the city granting it the $35 million commercial trash contract in 2003. It's also part of the city's plan to meet or exceed state requirements to divert 50 percent of trash from landfills by 2006, and avoid fines of up to $10,000 a day. Lange said incentive programs such as offering residents larger recycling bins and free recycling for businesses could help Santa Clarita meet the goal. ``The mandate doesn't say you have to build a MRF MRF Markov Random Field MRF Material Recovery Facility MRF Materials Recycling Facility MRF Motorcycle Riders Foundation MRF Medium Range Forecast (weather forecasting model) MRF Movement for Rights and Freedoms ,'' he said. ``There are other programs. ... There are a lot of advantages of having a MRF in town. The things that have been proposed for the facility is really state of the art. ``But if you're separating (trash) out and actually get people to do the recycling, then you've really gone a long way.'' Burrtec has approached developer Mark Gates to buy some 17 acres within his proposed 508-acre Needham Ranch Industrial Park for their facility. Officials believe the project could bolster development south of Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , though its distance from the tracks could hamper waste transport by rail. Eugene Tong, (661) 257-5253 eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com |
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