IMPORTED TRASH ON AGENDA ANTONOVICH WANTS L.A. RUBBISH ELSEWHERE.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick 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 supervisors are scheduled today to discuss Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich's proposal to bar Los Angeles from dumping its trash at Lancaster Landfill. Antonovich's motion is designed to block Los Angeles from trucking any of the 4,700 tons of trash it creates daily to the landfill just outside Lancaster city limits. ``In addition to the fundamental question of fairness, trucks driving from Los Angeles to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley increase traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and worsen wors·en tr. & intr.v. wors·ened, wors·en·ing, wors·ens To make or become worse. worsen Verb to make or become worse worsening adjn air quality,'' Antonovich said in his motion to fellow supervisors. Los Angeles' trash currently goes to Sunshine Canyon Landfill in Granada Hills, but Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California has said he opposes the use of urban landfills and has pledged to end the city's contract with the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. dump. Antonovich wants county attorneys to investigate the legal aspects of declaring a ``waste-shed'' - the limits from which trash could come to the Lancaster Landfill - and to ask Palmdale city officials to do the same for the Antelope Valley Landfill in Palmdale. Both the Lancaster landfill and the Palmdale landfill are owned by Waste Management Inc. Waste Management has included the two landfills plus its El Sobrante Landfill in Corona Corona, city, United States Corona (kərō`nə), city (1990 pop. 76,095), Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1896. The city developed as a primary citrus fruit producer and shipping center. There is also light manufacturing. in its bid for Los Angeles's half-billion-dollar residential trash contract. The company is in final negotiations with the Bureau of Sanitation, and new price estimates are expected to go to the Board 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. in mid-April. Waste Management has proposed expanding the Palmdale dump and increasing Lancaster Landfill's daily dumping limit from 1,700 tons a day to 3,000 tons. The Palmdale landfill can take in 1,400 tons a day. California Integrated Waste Management Board officials say they are awaiting environmental studies from the company about both proposals. Waste Management spokeswoman Kit Cole said company officials share Antonovich's concerns about making sure there's room in the Antelope Valley for Antelope Valley trash, and about traffic. ``It isn't good for our business to have our trucks sitting in traffic,'' she said. But she said Waste Management officials are also concerned about the legality of restricting the areas from which privately owned landfills can accept trash. Antelope Valley construction debris, hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. and electronic waste are already shipped out of the valley, she said. Landfills in Calabasas and Glendale are restricted from accepting trash from outside their designated ``waste-sheds'' - in Calabasas by a county ordinance and in Glendale by a Glendale city ordinance. But in both cases those landfills are operated by county sanitation districts, not private companies. ``That's a big difference,'' Cole said. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com |
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