Trains Hauling Trash
In response to “Riverside County Sued Over Plans for Huge Landfill,” Dec. 4:
No one out here is happy with the prospect of metropolitan trash riding our rails instead of us. The Riverside County Planning Commission had the good sense to reject this stupid idea. We were shocked when some, not all, uninformed supervisors approved the Eagle Mountain trash-by-train project. We wonder how this all will affect commuter rail.
No one in his right mind could approve trash, hazardous waste or nuclear waste burial in our desert with what we now feel daily--another 5.2 earthquake recently--and expect in the future regarding earthquake displacement resulting in ground-water contamination.
And all Southland residents should be very curious about where the transfer/separation stations will be. You could be stuck with one “in your back yard.”
DOLLIE IRWIN
Banning
CAROLYN TOENJES
Palm Springs
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