NO FOOD ALLOWED IN YARD DEBRIS COLLECTION FIRM DOESN'T HAVE OK.Byline: CAROL ROCK 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, -- A program that allows residents to dump wilted lettuce, potato peelings peelings Noun, pl strips of skin or rind that have been peeled off: potato peelings peelings npl → pelures fpl, épluchures fpl and other organic food waste in with their yard clippings has been suspended pending a special permit needed for the operation. 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. County Health Department issued a cease-and-desist order Cease-and-desist order An order issued after notice and opportunity for hearing, requiring a depository institution, a holding company or a depository institution official to terminate unlawful, unsafe or unsound banking practices. to Rent-A-Bin in Canyon Country, where Waste Management/Blue Barrel stored green waste before shipping it to a processing facility in Camarillo. Because of the order, food waste cannot be added to grass clippings and other yard waste that is composted into mulch, Waste Management spokesman Eric Rose said Thursday. ``We launched the program about two months ago, but county health officials told us that permits at the facility where the materials were dumped do not allow for commingling Combining things into one body. The term commingling is most often applied to funds or assets. When a fiduciary, a person entrusted with the management of funds other than his or her own in trust, mixes trust money with that of others, the fiduciary is commingling of food waste with green waste,'' Rose said. The problem is that Rent-A-Bin doesn't have the proper permit. County officials said the company started as a haul-off bin rental company that has rapidly expanded into a waste and construction debris processing plant. ``To do what they were doing with green waste and the other items collected, they need a solid waste facility permit and they don't have one,'' said Ken Murray Ken Murray (July 14 1903 - October 12 1988) was an American entertainer and author. He was born in New York City to a family of vaudeville performers. According to Murray's autobiography (Life on a Pogo Stick), Murray's birth name was Kenneth Doncourt. , chief environmental health specialist for the county. Murray said the facility has the option of physically separating the green waste and the construction debris, which would allow it to obtain a notification permit. That could be obtained quickly and allow for continued operation. To obtain a permit as a solid waste facility, a company must conduct extensive environmental reviews and meet state standards. ``The process is quite involved,'' Murray said. About 2,000 tons of green waste is collected every month. When the program began, residents were encouraged to throw organic scraps, such as potato peels and fruit and vegetable remnants, into their gray green-waste recycling bins. Rose said the food portion of the waste was insignificant. ``We had less than 1 percent of residents participating,'' he said. City officials are holding Waste Management to the franchise agreement, which requires a food waste recycling component. ``The franchise agreement says you have to have a food waste recycling component,'' said Travis Lange, manager of environmental services The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric, for the city of Santa Clarita. ``Now there's an issue with the facility. We still need them to have that component of the agreement, so our understanding is that they're talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to other facilities who are permitted.'' carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 |
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