Resolution - 6904RESOLUTION NO. 6904
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DECLARING THE EXISTENCE
OF A PUBLIC NUISANCE WITH RESPECT
TO THE BKK LANDFILL SITE
Whereas, for several years the City has received complaints of
odors emanating from the BKK Landfill;
Whereas, several months ago the City was informed of the
possibility of leachate migrating from the BKK Landfill;
Whereas, the State Department of Health Services has identified
dangerous concentrations of methane and vinyl chloride gas in and around
residences adjacent to the BKK Landfill;
Whereas, residents of 19 homes adjacent to the BKK Landfill have
been forced to evacuate due to the presence of these gases;
Whereas, these gases are of the type which could only have migrated
from the adjacent BKK Landfill;
Whereas, representatives of the Department of Health Services
have represented to members of the City Council that these gases have
migrated from the adjacent BKK Landfill;
Whereas, these gases are produced by the disposal of liquid or
• solid hazardous wastes and solid non -hazardous wastes at the BKK Landfill;
and
Whereas, the continued disposal of liquid or solid hazardous
wastes and solid non -hazardous wastes contributes to the problem of gases
migrating from the BKK Landfill;
THEREFORE, this Council hereby finds and determines that:
SECTION 1. The migration of gases, leachate, and odors from
the BKK Landfill constitute a public nuisance; and
SECTION 2. The City Attorney be authorized to take all action
necessary to abate said public nuisance, including all appropriate
litigation.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of July, 1984.
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No..6904 was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina at a special
"emergency" meeting thereof held on the 20th day of July, 1984, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
CJ
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
CJ
Manners, Shearer, Tennant, Bacon
None
Chappell
City Cler