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Of these nine alternative locations, four were originally considered in the Puente Hills
Landfill EIR. Five new sites were considered in the Spadra Landfill EIR. These five new
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alternative locations, combined with the 96 previously listed sites, comprise the 101 sites
considered in the PEIR. The five new locations considered in the Spadra Landfill EIR were
Spadra, San Dimas Canyon, Englewild Canyon, Gail Canyon, and Burbank Canyon (Canyons
453e, 502, 510 and 512, respectively, on Table 8). All nine sites passed the first two
screening tests applied by the Districts and were comparatively evaluated. Table 9 shows
the ratings based on the comparative evaluation of criteria contained in Table 2. The
Spadra Landfill was identified as the best landfill location for the wasteshed among the nine
locations. The individual reviews of all nine alternative locations are provided in Appendix
B.

d. Site Study . ..

In the 1987 Study the Districts evaluated 98 alternative locations, that included reevaluation
of all of the above locations, as well as six additional alternative locations. Three of the
alternatives originally evaluated were existing landfills, Mission Canyon, Puente Hills and
Spadra and they were not reevaluated in the 1987 study. The six additional locations
included the following: Blind Canyon, Browns Canyon, Elsmere Canyon, La Tuna Canyon,
Towsley Canyon and Toyon Canyon 1]. These additional locations were added at the
request of private individuals or of one of the three agencies providing solid waste
management service within the Los Angeles metropolitan area (i.e. City, County or
Sanitation Districts). The total number of sites brought forward in the 1987 Study was 101
sites.

The Districts 1987 Study examined all 101 alternative locations as possible sites for a new
regional landfill to serve the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As previously noted, these
locations are listed in Appendix A along with and the Districts’ evaluation shown of the sites
from the 1987 Study. In the 1987 evaluation by the Districts, several of the original
evaluations were modified and 91 of the originallolaltemative locations were identified
as having critical deficiencies that precluded them from being considered as a regional
landfill site. The remaining ten locations that the Districts determined were suitable for
comparative evaluation as regional landfill sites in 1987 are shown in Figure 6.

In summary, 91 alternative locations were eliminated from further review based on critical
deficiencies in the 1987 Preliminary Alternative Site Study. No additional data were
published beyond the summary information contained in Appendix A as part of the 1987
Study. The 1987 Study identified the following ten sites as potential alternative locations
for a regional landfill to be located within the Los Angeles metropolitan area (see Figure
6):

1. Blind Canyon
2. Browns Canyon
3. Elsmere Canyon

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