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Elsmere Canyon Final Draft Page 5
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These increased costs to the homeowner result from increased costs to transport
I and dispose of waste in new remote locations. These large potential cost increases

were discussed in the environmental impact report for the Puente Hills Landfill
expansion. In that report the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (~CSD)
estimated that additional annual costs of more than $17 million would result if that

I landfill closed. Closure of the landfill would also result in 350 tons of increased
annual emissions from vehicles hauling waste, a LS million gallon increase of annual
fuel consumption and increased annual travel of 9 million miles.
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Landfill closure can also have regional impacts.. Closure of each landfill will have
I a domino effect by increasing the rate of disposal at other landfills, causing them

to close sooner. Denial of the Puente Hills Landfill ,expansion discussed earlier,
I would increase disposal by more than 90 % at a nearby landfill;- effective cutti11t its

life in half. Other nearby landfills would see increases of more than 14 %.

I In addition to landfills closing, the amount of solid waste being generated within

the county is steadily growing. The LACSD estimates that about 35,000 tons of
I solid waste is being generated and disposed of per day in landfills in Los Angeles

County. By the year 2000 they estimate that about 45,000 tons of waste will be
I generated each day.

Los Angeles C.Ounty is going to be subjected to additional landfill closures. There
are now 19 operating landfills and by 1990 it is estimated that there will be only
11 operating landfills, unless new permits are granted to extend the life of some of

these landfills. This is not likely considering recent actions. With the expected
landfill closures, the solid waste management system in Los Angeles County will
need some significant revisions by the year 2000.

TRANSFER STATIONS A.ND REGIONAL
LANDFILLS AS AN ALTERNATIVE
One of the significant revisions in the solid waste management system has been the

establishment of transfer stations to haul refuse to very large but distant landfills.
Los Angeles County currently has ten permitted large volume transfer stations, with

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