Antonovich Supports Reduced Sludge Plan
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, who had tried to halt a controversial plan to truck tons of Los Angeles sewage sludge to farms in the Antelope Valley, has decided to allow a scaled-down version to be considered Thursday by a state water board.
Antonovich had argued in March that the city’s original plan to export up to 300 tons a day of its sludge to be used as fertilizer required prior county approval.
But Antonovich’s office and county officials decided Tuesday that the latest plan for about 80 tons a day does not require such approval.
Officials with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board said they will consider the proposal when they meet Thursday in Lancaster. Los Angeles, through a private company, had originally proposed spreading sludge over five Antelope Valley farm sites totaling 3,500 acres.
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