Welcome to our new website December 21
No Wetlands Landfill Expansion has moved into a new phase to protect our Marin/Sonoma wetlands.
We are in the process of transitioning our website to “Protect Our Wetlands”. www.protectourwetlands.org
On the Legal Front….
Marin Superior Court found in favor of NWLE in a suit in March, 2011. That ruling requires the Marin County Board of Supervisors to hear our appeal of the County’s approval of the Environmental Impact Report authorizing the landfill expansion. This is a major victory, mandating that our elected officials make the final decision on landfill expansion instead of County staff acting alone, and setting aside the EIR and the solid waste facility permit for the expansion. Marin County and Waste Management Inc., however, have appealed that decision to the California Court of Appeals. We continue to work with our terrific counsel on the briefs in the case and look forward to the appeal. View decision
“Marin group files lawsuit over Redwood Landfill decision, saying site is vulnerable to rising sea level, earthquakes” View IJ story June 25, 2011
“The Regional Water Board committed a clear legal error in declining to consider evidence plainly establishing that the Redwood Landfill is unlikely to remain intact over the decades. Indeed, the Landfill is instead likely to fail in a manner that will release significant contaminated groundwater and other waste materials into San Francisco Bay” said Christopher Sproul, of Environmental Advocates, NWLE’s counsel.
Loss against the Water Board’s Approval
We challenged the July 2009 approval by the Bay Area Regional Water Quality Water Board (RWQCB) of the Water Discharge Requirements (WDR) submitted in conjunction with Redwood Landfill’s plans to dramatically expand it’s 1950s-era dump. NWLE’s suit was overthrown on an obscure law that only allows lawsuits within 270 days after a ruling. While we waited one and a half years for the State Water Board’s refusal to hear an appeal of the WDR approval! After 21 months the State Water Board summarily refused to hear our appeal
View the Green Coalition for Responsible Waste/Resource Management’s site & principles
Thank you to the dozens of organizations and hundreds of individuals whose loyalty and support are helping us “turn the tide” against vested interest and lax denial. We continue to hold the line, please consider a tax-deductible contribution to:
Call to Action:
-Call your Supervisor to protest that the promised mitigations are not in the Redwood Landfill Solid Waste Permit and they must hear our planning commission appeal – it’s the law!.