MINE REJECTION EXPECTED.Byline: Heather MacDonald 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 county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. is scheduled Tuesday to issue a final rejection of plans for a massive sand and gravel mine in Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. , just outside the city of Santa Clarita. In February, the supervisors found that the traffic studies performed for Transit Mixed Concrete's 56.1 million-ton mine proposal did not properly analyze the affect of more than 700 daily truck trips on Soledad Canyon Road. Santa Clarita city officials, who have spent $1.5 million to derail de·rail intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails 1. To run or cause to run off the rails. 2. plans for the mine, welcomed the supervisors' final action. ``We're pleased that the county is taking final action, and we're looking forward to another unanimous rejection by the county of the mine,'' said city spokeswoman Gail Ortiz. While TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center officials have said most Santa Clarita residents will not know the mine is even operating, city officials contend it will threaten several endangered animals, degrade the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
TMC spokesman Brian Mastin declined to comment. TMC officials' refusal to allow further review of the environmental impact report by the county or the public prompted the supervisors to reject the surface mining permit application. In January, TMC sued the county, saying the supervisors have overstepped their authority under federal mining law by delaying the process. TMC officials have repeatedly said that because the Bureau of Land Management has already accepted the company's proposal, county officials cannot significantly alter the company's plans. A spokesman for the federal agency could not be reached Thursday. The bureau's approval requires that TMC receive a county mining permit, but asserts the supremacy of federal mining law. Under the terms of the contract, TMC will pay the federal government $28 million for the right to mine the land south of the 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. between Soledad Canyon Road and Agua Dulce Canyon Road. |
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