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Petition to Reduce Business for Newby Landfill

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http://tinyurl.com/newbypetition

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

We at the Silicon Valley Foundation for Better Environment (SVFBE) are committed to the cause of a better environment for the growing population and worldly visitors of the Silicon Valley.

The Newby Landfill is the last operating landfill by the San Francisco Bay. It is applying to expand to 245 feet high, and extend its operation to beyond year 2040.

In an effort to stop the expansion, we are trying to petition the cities in the Silicon Valley to stop giving business to waste management service providers that send garbage to the Newby Landfill.

The City of Milpitas is evaluating a 10+ year contract for garbage collection. We are launching a petition to stop Milpitas from giving business to Newby, unless proper measures are taken by Republic Services, the company that operates the Newby Landfill.

Whether you live/work near the Newby Landfill, or simply drive by or visit the Bay Area occasionally, if you would like restored wetlands and reduced catastrophic risk in time of natural disaster in the world-famous Silicon Valley, please take a little time to sign the petition by following this link:

http://tinyurl.com/newbypetition

Please join us in this meaningful quest. Our future generations will be thankful that you voiced out today.

We encourage you to forward this letter to any citizen of the world who wishes for a better environment in the Silicon Valley.

Best Regards,
SVFBE
Silicon Valley Foundation for Better Environment

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Petition to Reduce Business for Newby Landfill

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http://tinyurl.com/newbypetition
Dear Friends and Neighbors,

We at the Silicon Valley Foundation for Better Environment (SVFBE) are committed to the cause of a better environment for the growing population and worldly visitors of the Silicon Valley.

The Newby Landfill is the last operating landfill by the San Francisco Bay. It is applying to expand to 245 feet high, and extend its operation to beyond year 2040.

In an effort to stop the expansion, we are trying to petition the cities in the Silicon Valley to stop giving business to waste management service providers that send garbage to the Newby Landfill.

The City of Milpitas is evaluating a 10+ year contract for garbage collection. We are launching a petition to stop Milpitas from giving business to Newby, unless proper measures are taken by Republic Services, the company that operates the Newby Landfill.

Whether you live/work near the Newby Landfill, or simply drive by or visit the Bay Area occasionally, if you would like restored wetlands and reduced catastrophic risk in time of natural disaster in the world-famous Silicon Valley, please take a little time to sign the petition by following this link:

http://tinyurl.com/newbypetition

Please join us in this meaningful quest. Our future generations will be thankful that you voiced out today.

We encourage you to forward this letter to any citizen of the world who wishes for a better environment in the Silicon Valley.

Best Regards,
SVFBE
Silicon Valley Foundation for Better Environment

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Milpitas Post editorial: City dealt blow in its quest to block landfill expansion, but the game is not over

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For more than a half century, Milpitas has been fighting the foul odor-producing sources in and around the garbage landfill, which borders Milpitas’ west flank. To the surprise of no one, the battle continues unabated.

Source: Milpitas Post editorial: City dealt blow in its quest to block landfill expansion, but the game is not over – San Jose Mercury News

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Milpitas v. San Jose LEA Decision

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8FvwIFK35CAcm9RRG54d2cybEE/view
(pasted from document above)

CONCLUSION
There are no continuing violations of applicable laws and regulations by the LEA. I find as a fact and conclude as a matter of law that the City of Milpitas is not entitled to any of the relief it seeks, and that all its claims are denied.

Milpitas has not established that:
1. the LEA failed to act as required by applicable laws and regulations with regard to the issuance of the revised permit for the Landfill; or that
2. the LEA failed to act as required by applicable laws and regulations with regard to the Recyclery and the Landfill, other than odor allegations, after December 8, 2015, or that
3. the LEA failed to act as required by applicable laws and regulations with regard to the

Compost Facility.
The LEA established that, with respect to Milpitas’ claims that the LEA failed to act as required by applicable laws and regulations with regard to the Recyclery and the Landfill, prior to December 8, 2015, those claims are barred because they were not timely filed as required by PRC § 44310 (B).

WHEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT ALL CLAIMS IN THE PETITION ARE DENIED.

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More facts about Newby

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1. Republic Services has had a 30-year garbage collection, recycling and disposal contract with Milpitas since 1986, earning $13 million in 2014.
2. Milpitas residential garbage rate is higher than 9 Bay Area cities without a local landfill.
3. Republic’s Newby Island Landfill has been in operation since 1930s and is already the largest landfill ever built along San Francisco Bay.
4. Milpitas accounts for <10% of waste disposed at Newby Island Landfill.
5. Newby Island Landfill receives waste from outside of Bay Area, as far as Salinas, Merced, Folsom and even Clovis, located 3 hours away.
6. Republic Services has received permits to expand Newby Island Landfill by +63% in height, allowing 24 hours weekday operation, without any fixed closing date or new odor mitigation measures even after receiving 6 Public Nuisance Violations and accounting for 94% of BAAQMD confirmed odor complaints in Milpitas.
7. Newby Island Landfill expansion is projected to generate $100 million tax revenue for City of San Jose, $0 for City of Milpitas.
8. Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway average only 2 percent of waste going to landfill. Milpitas is trailing other Bay Area cities in landfill diversion.
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Clean House: Milpitas Mayor Takes on the task to eliminate odor once and for all

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Article in the Silicon Valley Impressions magazine.
Milpitas residents suffer from two sources of headache from the
city of San Jose: The Newby Island Landfill and the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Plant. Both occupy a large area of land next to the city of Milpitas. Full Article on Pages 17 to 19.

http://nebula.wsimg.com/02c0b0212a2271de67e4f24e3f7d65a3?AccessKeyId=75B7971D730F8AC9A6B7&disposition=0&alloworigin=1

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苗必达反垃圾场扩容取得“阶段性胜利”

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5月6日（周三）晚，圣荷西城市规划委员会对纽比垃圾场的扩容申请再次做出延期投票决定。苗必达居民周石群女士对这一结果表示接受，她称：“这是反对扩容的一个阶段性胜利。”苗必达市城市经理威廉姆斯(ThomasC.Williams)认为：“这是苗必达市民持续反对的声音起到了作用。”纽比垃圾场代表利奇菲尔德（Don Litchfield）则坦言对结果“很吃惊”。 – 新闻

Source: 苗必达反垃圾场扩容取得“阶段性胜利”