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Houston Chronicle - March 10, 2008 Landfill expansion proponent seeks settlement with foes

8/2/07 Fort Bend STAR Victory for Bue Ridge Landfill Expansion Opponents

8/1/07 Houston Chronicle Landfill expansion opponents to get contested hearing

7/1/07 MissouriCity Chatter Under Much Pressure, TCEQ Grants Antoher Hearing on Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion

7/4/07 Fort Bend Now Weather Radar Issue Should be part of Hearing, Lampson says

7/14/07 Fort Bend Star Fort Bend County, At Large

7/12/07 MissouriCity Chatter FBS-Landfill Co. claims public welfare not a concern in Expansion Hearing

4/14/07 Houston Chronicle TV Stations to try to stop taller landfill

4/6/07 Fort Bend Star State grants expansion permit: Residents say they will continue to fight.

4/6/07 Fort Bend Web FB Star reports on Landfill Efforts and Election

4/4/07 "Tipping Fees' to pay for program aimed at At-Risk Arcola Youth.

4/2/07 ABC News Landfill is a Tall Concern for some Residents

4/2/07 Fort Bend Sun/Fortbendweb.com MC Candidates Speak on Landfill Expansion

3/19/07 Missouri City Chatter TCEQ Diretor Rules in Favor of Landfill Exansion Near Missouri City

3/20/07 Fort Bend Now Blue Ridge Landfill Gets Green Light: Opponents Want Contested Hearing

3/22/07 Missouri City Chatter Supreme Court Challenges may be an option in Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion

3/21/07 Fort Bend County News Landfill Opponents Prepare For Court Fight

1/28/07: The Fort Bend/Southwest STAR Brazoria County expands opposition to Blue Ridge Landfill expansion

1/22/07 FortBendWeb BC District Attorney Opposes Blue Ridge Landfill

1/21/07 Fort Bend Now Brazoria County joins opposition to Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion Plans

1/19/07 The Facts DA's office can join landfill dealings

1/4/07 Fort Bend Star Fort Bend County at large

12/21 The Facts editorial Landfill fight a fine grassroots effort

12/28 Fort Bend/Southwest STAR Missouri City won't oppose Blue Ridge landfill expansion

12/27 HCN Fort Bend/Southwest SUN Missouri City officials responds to landfill issues

12/28 MissouriCity Chatter Allen Owen, Mo-city Mayor, Responds to criticism over landfill stance

12/19 City of Missouri City, TX Home Page MO-City's position re: proposed Blue Ridge Landfill permit ammendmentl

12/20 The Facts Runoff to decide Dist 29 winner -unofficial results: O'Day vs Weber

12/18 The Facts Residents join to stop landfill expansion

MissouriCityChatter 12/18/06 Complaints on BRLF Growing

TX Campaign for the Environment capturing Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion issues with links to articles.

HCN Online SUN Letters to the editor

ABC Local TV Coverage 11/29 Homeowners Fight landfill expansion

Khou.com local TV coverage 12/7/06 Pearland residents fight proposed landfill expansion

TV FOX News Coverage 12/07/06 Garbage Dump Expansion Upsets Community

Fort Bend Now 12/11/06 Morrison claims landfill application deficient over flawed transportation plan

11/22/06 Fort Bend Now A Holiday Turkey at Blue Ridge (Landfill Controversy Brewing)

11/13/06 Fortbendweb.com Mo-City Officials Support Landfill Expansion

12/13 Chron.com Pearland joins opposition to propsed landfill expansion

12/17 Fort Bend Herald Landfill opponents consider fight

Houston Community Newspaper Online- Fort Bend/Southwest SUN 12/13/06 Residents speak out against landfill

Fort Bend Star Fresno area residents continue opposition to landfill expansion

Fort Bend Star 12/13 Complaints against Blue Ridge Lanfill not likely to have large impact

11/28 Fort Bend Now Stavinoha says county won't oppose Blue Ridge Lanfill Expansion

Houston Chronicle Blog - Inside Fort Bend Should Blue Ridge Lanfill be expanded?

Missouri City Chatter Blog Pearland City Council opposes BRLFE - Why Note Missouri City Council?

12/12/06 Fort Bend Web Pearland Council opposes BRLFE - Why not Mo-City?

12/12 Fort Bend Now Pearland City Council votes to oppose Landfill expansion

Houston Chronicle, Fort Bend 12/13 Residents Step Up opposition

Blog

June 22

City of Pearland Settles with Landfill

City of Pearland Settles with Blue Ridge Landfill

Blue Ridge agrees to reduce Class I* waste by 50%
Class I waste will be covered with 6 inches of soil every day (TCEQ requires only 1)
Quarterly surface air-emission monitoring of Class I waste
Ten foot thick compacted clay liner to be constructed in Class I areas (7 feet thicker than required by TCEQ)
Ten additional monitoring wells to be constructed (total of 43) to check for underground water contamination
Agreed to limit the height of the landfill to 60 feet for 12 years, then a maximum of 130 feet for an additional 8 years.
Grade breaks and landscape screening on easatern slop to minimize visual impact
Decreased hours of operation from 24 hours a day, year round to 4 am to 7 pm weedays, and 5:30 am to 6 pm on Saturdays, closed on Sundays.
Prohibits waste trucks from using Shadow Creek Parkway east of FM521

* Class I waste includes medical waste,

Houston TV stations have settled.

CABRLE still contesting

Reference:

Evans, T. (2009, May 28). City settles with landfill. Houston Chronicle: Pearland/Friendswood/Alvin. SectionZ7, p.1, 3.

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December 09

Join CABRLE

JOIN CABRLE TODAY!

This is the most effective strategy

YOU can do to help

STOP THE BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL EXPANSION!

CABRLE is recognized as an

"affected party" by the

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Send a post card or letter requesting to join this coalition to:

CABRLE

P.O. Box 842

Fresno, TX 77545

Your donation will help support CABRLE in its mission

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April 12

Allied Waste seeks settlement

Allied Waste seeking Resolution;

June 16 Hearing delayed 90 days

watch it on abc news coverage http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6013535

read about it at http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2008/03/post_5.html#comments

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January 19

CABRLE named as affected party

in Contested Hearing

Richard Morrison to represent CABRLE

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July 13

Radar & BFI

Allied: Blocking Weather Radar by Giant Landfill

Not a Matter of Public Welfare!

http://www.fortbendnow.com/news/3080/allied-blocking-of-weather-radar-by-17-story-landfill-not-a-matter-of-public-welfare#c015505

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KTRK and BFI

US Rep. Nick Lampson says Weather Radar Issue should be part of TCEQ Hearing on July 25th

http://www.fortbendnow.com/news/3084/if-landfill-could-block-weather-radar-issue-should-be-part-of-hearing-lampson-says#c015538

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April 28

Landfill and TV

Landfill could blind TV weather radars!

Houston KHOU News Reports

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou070426_tj_landfillradar.fb2abb8.html

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April 16

TV Stations, Channel 13 (KTRK) and 11 (KHOU) ask state to deny Blue Ridge Landfill expansion permit claiming the increased height will limit the Doppler radar signals toward the Gulf of Mexico and Galveston.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/tv/4714130.html

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April 03

status report

TCEQ Director Rules in Favor of Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion

Opponents want Contested Hearing and prepare for Court Fight

Supereme Court may be an option in opposing Landfill

see articles posted under "media blitz" for more details.

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January 19

DA joins landfill dealings

"Brazoria County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution granting the DA's office permission to partcipate in the proceedings regarding the proposed expansion of the Blue Ridge Landfill" The Facts 1/19/07: http://www.thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b087146a54dfd939

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Handbook- Good Neighbor Campaign handbook on how to do a neighborhood campaign.

Good Neighbor Campaign Excellent guide on how to communicate issues to your neighbors, the community and politicians.

Yahoo Group CABRLE open communication forum to discuss issues regarding the Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion

Texas Senators Find out who your representative is and write to him in opposition of the Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion

TX Campaign for the Environment info on Landfill and TX. Be sure to check out the Take Action link

Allied / BFI Home page of Allied Waste, operator of Blue Ridge Landfill at 2200 FM521

EnviroQual info about landfill hazards that we most likely need to contest petition

TX State Representative Dora Olivo Our greatest supporter

Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council Find info here on CEO/President Herbert Appel who also supports the Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion

Commissioner Tom Stavinoha Tom supports the Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion and defends BFI as a "good neighbor"

Environmental Protection Association web site info

Write to TCEQ about permit msw-1505A Lists the phone number and address to write letters... WE NEED TO WRITE FORMAL LETTERS TO BE HEARD NOW!