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Support AB 2415 (Fuentes)
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AB
2415 was written specifically to stop BFI from going to the
California Integrated Waste Management Board and bypassing the local LEAs
(read story below). As this bill will be going to the
Committee on Natural Resources on April 7th
we need your support.
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Please write Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes and
Assemblymember Loni Hancock, 14th District,
Capitol Office,
State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0014 who is
Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources (see our letter below).
March 23, 2008
Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes
39th District
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0039
RE: Support for BILL AB 2415 (Fuentes)
Dear Assemblymember Fuentes:
The members of the North Valley Coalition of Concerned Citizens Inc., and many other residents
in Granada Hills and Sylmar live in the shadow of Sunshine Canyon Landfill, one of the largest landfills
in the United States, and as you know one which is situated astride the Los Angeles City/County and
therefore subject to multiple jurisdictions.
For the last 18 years we have had to suffer the underhanded tricks played by BFI/Allied Waste, the
second largest disposer of waste in the world, jumping back and forth between these two jurisdictions in
order to promote their expansions, avoid mitigations or compliance, and/or to gain the greatest advantage
over the nearby residents including the LEAs. Most recently, when they could not leverage either of the
LEAs to expedite new expansion approvals before a preplanned schedule which had already been
memorialized in the land use conditions of their Zone Change documents, they sought to usurp the LEAs’
authority by filing directly for a SWFP with the CIWMB by making false and specious claims.
The North Valley Coalition whole
heartedly supports your bill as written and its urgency of passage
to add Section 44001.5 to the Public Resources Code,” to require an
application for, or an application for the revision of, a permit for a
solid waste facility that is located in multiple jurisdictions and that
is submitted to the board pursuant to Section 44001 or subdivision (b)
of Section 44004, the board shall obtain the approval of the designated
and certified enforcement agency of each of the jurisdictions in which
the facility is located before issuing or revising a permit for the
facility.”
We believe that our community’s
future health, safety and welfare rest with your bill.
Yours sincerely,
Wayde Hunter
President NVC
c.c. Loni
Hancock, Assembly Natural Resources Committee Chairperson Greig Smith, Councilman 12th District
BFI Applies to the State for SWFP
for a Combined City/County Landfill
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In late 2007 BFI applied to the California Integrated Waste
Management Board (CIWMB) for a new Solid Waste Facilities Permit (SWFP)
for a Combined City/County landfill bypassing the two Lead
Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) of the City and the County. Both the
City and the County objected as the representatives of the
California Integrated Waste Management Board they are suppose to
process and certify such requests. The NVC also raised a hue and
cry at the City’s Technical Advisory Committee on Sunshine Canyon (TAC)
as BFI failed to notify both City and County CACs of their filing,
and that there was a 5 year ban on combined operations. At that
meeting the City indicated to BFI that they would file a lawsuit if
BFI did not withdraw their application. One week later the
application was withdrawn.
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On January 8, 2008 BFI again applied to the California Integrated
Waste Management Board (CIWMB) for a new Solid Waste Facilities
Permit (SWFP) for a Combined City/County landfill again
bypassing the two Lead Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) of the City and
the County. On January 18th the City Council passed a
motion (File #08-0074) to instruct the City Attorney to file a
lawsuit to prevent the California Integrated Waste Management Board
(CIWMB) from considering the application and asserting the City’s
right as their representative to process the SWFP and pointing to a
ban on any combined operations for 5 years from the time the City
side of the landfill opened in 2005.
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On February 6, 2008 BFI submitted new information to
their Joint Technical Document (JTD) at the direction of the CIWMB
to reflect new
information to reflect the new rules on gas probes. The 30-day
clock for the CIWMB to determine if BFI’s application was complete
was restarted.
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On March 7, 2008 the CIWMB determined that the
application was complete.
Van
Gogh Elementary School on March 25, 2008
CIWMB
Meeting
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The
California Integrated Waste Management’s staff held a meeting on
March 25, 2008 at the Van Gogh Elementary School in Granada Hills on
BFI’s application for a new Solid Waste Facilities Permit
#19-AA-2000. This public information meeting was held to help any
person learn more about the proposed solid waste facilities permit
process, and to provide comments to the CIWMB regarding the proposed
permit. The meeting was strictly informational and no official
decision was made at the meeting regarding the formal determination
on the solid waste facilities permit application. The meeting was
attended by about 100 persons with 18 speakers, all of who spoke out
against the State accepting the application.
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The
proposed new permit would consolidate two existing permits into a
single permit. Currently, two landfills that are now separately
permitted by the local enforcement agencies in the City of Los
Angeles and the County of Los Angeles operate at the site. Sunshine
Canyon Landfill straddles the boundary between the City of Los
Angeles and Los Angeles County. Because of the jurisdictional
divide, the landfill is permitted and operated as two separate
landfills. This permit proposal would allow the landfill operator to
combine the two landfills into a single landfill after the operator
obtains any necessary approvals from other public agencies.
Written comments may be sent by e-mail to
sunshinecanyon@ciwmb.ca.gov
or by mail to CIWMB, Susan Markie, WCMP Permitting South Branch Manager,
1001 I Street, PO Box 4025, Sacramento, CA 95812-4025.
For
more information, a copy of the permitting documents is available at the
Granada Hills Library and the Southern California CIWMB office (located
at 320 West 4th Street, Suite 670,
Los Angeles).
See
also the CIWMB’s website on the project and the permit process at:
http://ciwmb.ca.gov/PermitToolBox/Notices/SunshineCnyn/default.htm
Appeals:
For
information on the appeals process pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 44307 after the decision to issue or deny the proposed permit
(tentatively scheduled for June 2008), please see
http://ciwmb.ca.gov/PermitToolBox/Notices/SunshineCnyn/default.htm
NVC
Joins the City & the County of Los Angeles in filing an Appeal
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On
March 5, 2008 the North Valley Coalition’s attorney filed an Appeal to
the CIWMB opposing their decision to accept BFI’s application for a SWFP
and in doing so joined the City and the County of Los Angeles who had
also filed an appeal. (See story below).
BFI
– Still At It
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Not content to trash our neighborhood with blowing debris, dust,
pollutants et cetera they have decided to take it upon
themselves to build helicopter landing pads for the Los Angeles
Fire Department (LAFD) without permits and most certainly
against the NVC wishes which were expressed to them in no uncertain
terms a number of years ago. If it were not for the fact that they
were cited by a City inspector, the NVC, the GHNNC nor the Sunshine
Canyon Landfill CAC-Cityside would not have known of the pads
existence. Yet, another violation of neighborhood trust, and of the
City CUP requirements which would require notification and an
appropriate filing with the City and the State when their use
changes. Of course there were more rules broken and we are working
on this but I will reserve this information until we have made them
accountable. They have currently applied for a permit from Building
& Safety.
