FEINSTEIN COMES OUT AGAINST LANDFILL PLAN : ELSMERE OPPONENTS HAIL SENATOR'S DECISION.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992. She is a member of the Democratic Party. , reluctant in the past to enter the Elsmere Canyon landfill fray, announced Friday her support of efforts to preserve the Newhall canyon. Feinstein, D-Calif., announced her opposition to the proposed landfill in a statement supporting wide-ranging federal parks legislation. If approved by the Senate and signed by the president, the bill would prohibit a plan to remove Elsmere from the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los and develop it as one of the nation's largest landfills. Elsmere lies about 1-1/2 miles south of 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 prohibition of the proposed Elsmere Canyon site is a significant environmental achievement (for) 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. because it protects land in the Angeles National Forest from being turned into a landfill site landfill site n → vertedero landfill site n → centre m d'enfouissement des déchets landfill site land n ,'' Feinstein said. Feinstein has avoided taking a stand on Elsmere because Los Angeles County backs the landfill, while Santa Clarita opposes it. Hearings are pending before the 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 . Feinstein's pet project - turning the former Manzanar Japanese interment camp over to the federal government - is included in the bill. Santa Clarita City Manager George Caravalho said Feinstein's decision to support landfill opponents was good news. ``We've been trying to get her on board for some time,'' he said. ``I think it helped that there were other things in the bill that she was interested in.'' |
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