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County Supervisors adopt resolution opposing Cortina landfill Tuesday
CCCSW to seek State and Federal support

Robert Parsons
Staff Reporter

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

The Colusa County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday morning to adopt a resolution supporting the Colusa County Citizens for Safe Water's [CCCSW] opposition to the siting of controversial solid waste landfill on the Cortina Rancheria.
"The content of the resolution looks good, " Supervisor Evans stated before a small gathering of landfill opponents. "Now perhaps the federal government can don its white horse and help us out."

In a telephone interview late Tuesday afternoon, Supervisor Evans stated to the Sun-Herald, "This has been a long, draw-out, tough situation for the entire time that this issue has been debated. The bottom line is that, in my opinion, this is the beginning of the last stand for us." Chairman Marshall stated, "The County and the citizens have been fighting this for a long time and have spent a lot of time and money. The 2000 resolution stated our opposition and today's resolution reaffirms our opposition to this landfill. The hope is that State and Federal legislators will now step-up and see the
value of our concerns. Hopefully, permitting agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers will become more aware of our plight."

Following the meeting, members of the CCCSW stated to the Sun-Herald, "We applaud the Colusa County Board of Supervisors for adopting this comprehensive resolution that restates the County's unequivocal opposition to the construction of a solid waste landfill on the Cortina Rancheria. And requesting the assistance of our elected officials in Colusa County and at the State and Federal legislative levels."

Responding to the adoption of the resolution North Bay Project Manager Bryce Howard, who heads the construction efforts, issued the following statement, "Our hope is always that we can be good corporate citizens and good neighbors to the people of Colusa County. That said, we are well into the second decade of public hearings and input, environmental review and mitigation, judicial reviews and federal agency approvals in our favor. As we move forward with construction of this project, under our final federal land use and environmental approvals, we will continue to help educate the community about environmental health and safety controls built into modern landfills, and about how, through recycling, we can all work
together to reduce the need for landfills in California."

In October of last year, the Board voted 4-1 to dismiss the County's lawsuit against the United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs due to mounting legal costs. This lawsuit contended that the Environmental Impact Study did not adequately account for off-site environmental
impact. Vernette Marsh, a spokesperson for CCCSW, stated to the Sun-Herald on Tuesday that CCCSW will be meeting with California State Senators, Darrell Steinberg of District 5 and Sam Annestad of District 4 this week. She also stated that CCCSW has a meeting with Congressman Wally Herger on August 14.