The Palos Verdes Landfill never received a Title 5 permit and now the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD) want to close the Gas to Energy Center and Flare the gases. They want to do this without any public input and without an EIR. Flaring is not good for the environment or the health of the community.

The LACSD applied for the Permit in 1998 and it was conveniently never granted. This is like renting an apartment month to month. There are no regulations or guidelines because there is no "lease" so to speak as the legal document. Why would they wait 8 years without handing over the actual permit that comes with lots of strings attached such as public participation and the other government provisions as written?

Noise and heat are the most apparent undesirable effects of flare operations. Flares are usually located away from populated areas or are sufficiently isolated, thus minimizing their effects on populations. Since flares do not lend themselves to conventional testing techniques, only a few attempts have been made to characterize flare emissions.

You may express you concerns by contacting any or all of the following:

Charles Tupac of the AQMD
Phone: 1-800-CUT SMOG

Barry Wallerstein, Executive Director of the AQMD
Phone: (909) 396-2000
Address: 21865 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, CA. 91765

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES:

DougP@ci.rolling-hills-estates.ca.us
SteveZ@ci.rolling-hills-estates.ca.us
SusanS@ci.rolling-hills-estates.ca.us
FrankZ@ci.rolling-hills-estates.ca.us
JudyM@ci.rolling-hills-estates.ca.us
JohnA@ci.rolling-hills-estates.ca.us

TORRANCE:

pmnowatka@torrnet.com
fscotto@torrnet.com

RANCHO PALOS VERDES:

stevew@rpv.com
tom.long@rpv.com
clark@rpv.com
Douglas.Stern@rpv.com
peter.gardiner@rpv.com

STATE REPRESENTATIVES:

Assemblymember.Karnette@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember.Lieu@assembly.ca.gov