MCKEON URGES DONATION OF ELSMERE LAND; LETTER ASKS COMPANY TO GIVE UP PLANS FOR DUMP.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer Stepping up the fight against a dump at Elsmere Canyon, U.S. Rep (programming) REP - A directive used in IBM object code card decks (and later PTF Tapes) to REPlace fragments of already assembled or compiled object code prior to link edit. . Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon faxed a letter Friday to Browning-Ferris Industries Browning-Ferris Industries, or "BFI", is a licensed trademark of Allied Waste Industries, a North America waste collection company. Many local units of Allied Waste are still known as BFI in the markets they serve. asking the company to donate its 900 acres in the canyon to 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 . McKeon also announced Friday that he has asked Angeles National Forest officials to begin steps that could allow them to buy the land or accept it as a donation, said David Foy, press secretary for the congressman. The property, which has been owned by landfill companies since 1992, has been proposed as a dump since the 1980s. And last month, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
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, activists who oppose the dump have asked BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance to donate the land in the past, but McKeon's letter is the first formal request made by an area lawmaker, Foy said. ``It may well be a surprise to them, but others have asked BFI to make the donation,'' Foy said. ``They're noncommittal, but they don't automatically reject it.'' The letter was addressed to Arnie Berghoff who oversees the Elsmere project for BFI. Berghoff was not in the office Friday and could not be reached for comment. ``I want to get the ball rolling now,'' McKeon said in a statement. ``I am appealing to Browning-Ferris Industries to do the right thing and permanently remove the threat of a large landfill being built in the Elsmere Canyon area.'' McKeon has helped in the fight against a dump at Elsmere in the past. He was active in drafting federal parks legislation that prevented landfill operators from negotiating land swaps to develop facilities on U.S. Forest Service property. The legislation, which passed in 1996, killed BFI's plan to use a portion of Forest Service land to build a 109-million-ton landfill. It is now proposed to hold 80 million tons. If BFI chooses to donate or sell the land to the Forest In advance; to the front; to a prominent position; in plain sight; in readiness for use. In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or spent, as money, etc. - W. Collins. See also: Fore Fore Service, the acquisition could take years, Foy said. If the land is donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. , the Forest Service must review the title, draft a land and resources management plan and inspect the land for hazardous materials - among other procedures - before accepting it, Foy said. That process takes two to three years. If BFI sells the land to the Forest Service, a similar but lengthier procedure must be followed that would take three to 3-1/2 years, Foy said. |
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