SUPERVISORS SET TO CONSIDER LANDFILL MERGER.Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer To merge or not to merge: That is the question that 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 supervisors will consider Wednesday when they take up a permit to create a single dump out of two side-by-side operations at Sunshine Canyon Landfill. Owner Browning Ferris Industries says that in creating one of the largest dumps DUMPS a lethal inherited disorder of Holstein cattle that causes infertility. The name is an acronym of Deficiency of Uridine MonoPhosphate S in the nation, it could run the landfill more efficiently, with one set of equipment, one daily disposal area and one code of rules governing operations. Although city and county officials have long anticipated the two landfills would be combined into one, the county Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle surprised observers when it voted against the permit in November. The commissioners raised concerns about the traffic from trash trucks, the need for more recycling facilities and the lack of a guaranteed closure date for the Sunshine Canyon Landfill. BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance appealed, giving the supervisors the final word on the proposed permit. ``It's quite honestly puzzling why there's any opposition to this. We've made significant concessions to get this passed,'' said BFI District Manager Greg Loughnane, citing $60 million the company will pay toward developing waste-to-energy projects and recycling programs. Granada Hills activists complain BFI's proposal to merge the dumps would eliminate some of the strict requirements imposed by the city of Los Angeles
Activists also want a guarantee the landfill will close by 2016, instead of the estimated 2031 closure date, and that a long-term insurance plan is in place in case the landfill leaks in the future. ``Sunshine Canyon Landfill is in a seismically active area near the region's water supply. That makes the urban dump more of a risk than usually understood,'' said Bill Corcoran, senior regional representative of the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club , which is working with the North Valley Coalition, Teamsters union Teamsters Union, U.S. labor union formed in 1903 by the amalgamation of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union. Its full name is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America (IBT). and other environmental groups to oppose the current BFI proposal. Sunshine Canyon Landfill can currently accept up to 12,100 tons of trash per day and that limit will stay the same if the two dumps are combined. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office announced in November he was opposing the permit because he didn't want to lose any authority over the Sunshine Canyon Landfill. County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San , whose district includes Sunshine Canyon, has previously voted against expansions of the dump. An aide said Antonovich shares community concerns about the lack of a definitive closure date and a long-term insurance policy. kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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