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Local News in Brief : Countywide : Hazardous Waste Plan Moves Ahead

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The County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday approved an environmental study for a county Hazardous Waste Management Plan that is intended to become part of an overall Southern California program for hazardous waste disposal.

The study predicted that by the year 2000, Orange County will generate 119,000 tons per year of hazardous waste that will require treatment. To handle that waste, the report concludes, the county will need to construct incinerators, repositories, transfer stations and aqueous treatment facilities.

Now that the supervisors have approved the environmental study, the Hazardous Waste Management Plan will be transmitted to the 28 cities in Orange County. They have 90 days to give it their approval. After approval by the cities, the state Department of Health Services has 90 days to pass upon the plan.

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In 1985, Orange County joined with the counties of Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura, plus the city of Los Angeles, to form a regional hazardous waste management authority. Each area is preparing plans to dispose of the waste it generates.

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