LOPEZ CANYON : City, Dump’s Neighbors Both Win Victories
A request by the city of Los Angeles to close down a portion of the Lopez Canyon landfill above Lake View Terrace and begin dumping in a new part has won approval from a key committee of the state commission that overseas waste disposal.
And the dump’s neighbors won an unexpected victory as well: The city agreed to allow the dump’s state license to expire in February, 1996, at the same time that the dump’s permit from the planning commission and city council expires.
The change is significant because it means that if the city changes its mind and decides to try to keep the dump open after 1996, it will have to seek a new permit from the state.
If approved by the commission today, the permit will allow the city’s Bureau of Sanitation to formally close two major landfill sites within the dump’s boundaries and open another.
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