INPUT ON SUNSHINE DUMP A FINAL HURDLE WATER BOARD PLANS JULY 24 VOTE ON 55-MILLION-TON GRANADA HILLS SITE.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer The 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. Regional Water Quality Control Board will hear public comments Wednesday on the proposed water permit for the Sunshine Canyon Landfill expansion over the county line into Granada Hills. The water permit is one of the last regulatory checks that Browning Ferris Industries needs before it can launch the first phase of a 55-million-ton dump it plans to develop on 205 acres near the Golden State and Antelope Valley freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. interchange. Board staff will review the proposed expansion at the public meetings, as well as take questions and comments on the project. The water board will vote July 24 on the permit application. The permit documents outline the compliance history of the landfill. The original landfill, located on city land, closed in 1991 and a small amount of volatile organic compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids , probably from landfill gas, has been found in one of the on-site monitoring wells. The problem isn't unusual but BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance is trying to correct it, said Rodney Nelson, the water board's senior engineer overseeing landfills. ``This landfill has been there 40 years and it's unlined. To find very low levels of volatile organic compounds, it would almost be surprising if there wasn't,'' Nelson said. On the county side of the landfill, which continues to operate, regulators have found a small number of volatile organic compounds in the drainage system Noun 1. drainage system - a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a beneath the landfill. That liquid is collected and used on site, said Wen Yang Wen Yang (文鴦) (238 - 291) was an officer during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. Wen Yang was the son of Wen Qin. It is said that Wen Yang's real name is When Shu, but carried "Yang" as his childhood name up into adulthood. , an engineer with the water board. BFI is supposed to develop a plan to fix the problem. Last month, BFI obtained its solid waste permit from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. approved
the expansion in 1999, 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 fought the project since taking office. Ultimately BFI wants to join the new city dump with the existing county dump to make one giant landfill capable of holding 90 million tons of trash. IF YOU GO Public presentations on the Sunshine Canyon Landfill will be offered, 3-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Granada Pavilion, 11128 Balboa Blvd., Granada Hills. Copies of the expansion plan and permit requirements are available at the Granada Hills Library, 10640 Petit Ave., or online at www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb4/html/permits/tentative-permits.html. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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