NATURAL GAS TO BE RELEASED INTO AIR.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, - As part of an ongoing construction project, The Gas Co. will release 1.8 million cubic feet of natural gas into the air today while moving a seven-mile transmission pipe, a company official said. The Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La will monitor the release of gas between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. The 30-inch diameter pipe is located near Mad Mountain Road, Sierra Highway and Quigley Canyon Road, said spokesman Peter Hidalgo Hidalgo, state, Mexico Hidalgo (ēthäl`gō), state (1990 pop. 1,888,366), 8,058 sq mi (20,870 sq km), central Mexico. Pachuca de Soto is the capital. . ``We wanted to alert the public and assure everyone that the gas is not toxic or harmful in any way,'' Hidalgo said. ``We know people are at a heightened state of alert.'' The pipe is being moved to let Pardee Construction Co. begin building the first phase of the 2,500-home Fair Oaks housing development east 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. , Hidalgo said. When a pipe is depressurized, the odorized gas is allowed to escape into the air, where it usually disperses quickly. Earlier this year, gas from another release, also related to the Fair Oaks project, enveloped en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" La Mesa Junior High School and sickened 52 students, as well as a teacher who went to the hospital. School district officials have been notified about this release. |
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