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On
12/08/99,
our L.A. City Council passed the expansion reopening of the Sunshine Canyon Landfill, despite
the danger to the air, water, families, and natural resources of all of Los Angeles! This was done
despite alternatives such as rail haul to other remote sites, and better recycling programs.
The City Council is making money from every ton of trash and poisoning your children, air and water.
The facts are as follows: |
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Children are in danger, according to the Board of Education City of Los Angeles, BFI's own
experts, the Los Angeles Unified School
District, the AQMD, and some members of the Los Angeles City Council! |
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With this expansion, the Sunshine Canyon
Landfill will be the largest dump in the United States,
only hundreds of feet from the largest water supplier in the United States, providing water for
17,000,000 people living in Los Angeles and surrounding counties. This is next to the totally open
and exposed reservoir which holds our treated drinking water! This
dump is within 500 feet of the
tunnel that carries all the water from the California Aqueduct to the adjacent water treatment plant. |
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The
dump will receive up to 17,500 tons
of commercial, industrial, and household wastes each day,
including sewer products and contaminated soil. Over
80 tons of this daily inflow will be toxic or hazardous. |
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There will be
2,600
diesel
truck trips per
day, delivering trash to the dump from other cities. |
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There is no way to mitigate the degradation of the air quality -- this is according to BFI's own
experts, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the AQMD, and other agencies. |
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The
dump is in a seismic-hazard area, located next to an active fault line, in a
geologically unstable area. Landslides are a common occurrence. Several earthquakes have been
recorded within the dump. This dump is located in an Alquist-Priello Study Zone (Seismic and Earth
Movement) There will be continued movement causing tears in the dump liner. |
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These impacts cause health impacts, due to the relationship between diesel emissions and cancer,
as well as particulate emissions. |
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The Los Angeles Unified School Distinct has found those children in the surrounding area to be at
risk. |
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Winds in the area are clocked up to 100 miles an hour; these winds carry pathogens from the
dump into our water supply and spread the dust and filth as far as the wind can carry it. |
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Toxic, chemical and human wastes contaminate birds that wander through the trash looking for
food. The birds then go back to the open reservoir to drink and float in the water. |
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This dump is polluting the groundwater. |
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At the
1999 City Council hearing when the dump was voted in, BFI admitted to problems in one of
its test wells. |
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There is no need for this
dump. At the hearing several competitors of BFI came in with estimates
less than BFI to haul the trash away to areas that would not be impacted by the refuse or
particulate and diesel emissions.
This would cost (by the City's own admission) 50 cents per
person per month in Los Angeles City.
Remember that these are high estimates and that the City is refusing to ask for bids! |
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The city is
tearing out hundreds of oak trees and destroying streams and wetlands to put in this
dump, as well as ruining the habitat for many species of Wildlife. |
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The city wants this dump for revenue
purposes and franchise fees. |
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The city is the responsible agency for investigating the Validity and the safety of the
SEIR (Subsequent Environmental Impact Report). The city
abdicated this responsibility to consultants hired by BFI, and have never verified the results! BFI are known criminals and polluters! |
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The
City refuses to enforce the law protecting the welfare and health of the
citizens of Los
Angeles. Our only recourse is the law and political pressure. |
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Please call us at (800) 682-2899
                       (800 NVC BUZZ)
Please contribute to the legal fund and become a volunteer today!
Thank you for your help and dedication. |
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