Expansion of Landfill Wins Final Approval
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday granted final approval for the expansion of Sunshine Canyon Landfill on 200 acres above Granada Hills, but the dump operator must fulfill a long list of requirements.
On a 4-1 vote, with Supervisor Mike Antonovich dissenting, the board allowed Browning-Ferris Industries to enlarge the garbage dump above Granada Hills by 17 million tons now--and up to 100-million tons if the Los Angeles City Council agrees to expansion within city limits. Supervisors required BFI to pay for a countywide environmental study, set aside up to 724 acres for parks and help pay for household hazardous waste collections.
Although community activists considered some of the added conditions victories, they said that they were not sufficient to deter them from plans to file a lawsuit against the county and BFI.
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