LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Supervisors OK Plans for Expansion of Landfill
After years of legal wrangling, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Thursday approved plans to expand the Sunshine Canyon Landfill in a sensitive oak woodland north of Granada Hills.
The board’s 4-1 vote allows Browning-Ferris Industries to expand the idle garbage dump west of the Golden State Freeway by 17 million tons as part of a 10-year plan to increase the county’s waste disposal capacity.
But ven as BFI lawyers claimed victory in their decade-long struggle to expand the dump, opponents vowed to continue legal attacks on various fronts.
The decision will be reviewed by a judge, who must determine whether the environmental impact report is adequate. The review was prompted by a lawsuit by dump opponents who said earlier versions of the report were insufficient.
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