LOPEZ CANYON : Landfill Closure Plan to Be Studied
The Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation will do a feasibility study on an alternative plan for the permanent closure of a portion of Lopez Canyon Landfill that is filled to capacity with trash, a city official said Thursday.
Residents of nearby Lake View Terrace and Kagle Canyon had objected to a plan submitted by the bureau because a ridgeline would have been removed to make room for a road for trucks doing closure work.
“We’re going to do everything we can to save that ridgeline,” said Steve Fortune, manager of the bureau’s solid waste management division.
Residents also are asking for a full report on the environmental effects of the closure plans, said Phyllis Hines, land-use chairman of the Lake View Terrace Improvement Assn.
Some fear that cracks might develop in the dump’s liner and pollute the ground water, she said.
The first public hearing on the closure plan, scheduled for Wednesday night, was canceled so the study could be completed.
The hearing will be held after the first of the year, Fortune said.
The landfill, which handles 4,000 tons of Los Angeles city garbage a day, is scheduled to close entirely in 1996.
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