If the board of supervisors approves the permit at its next meeting, it would allow an environmental services company based in Yuma County, to process hazardous material.
CRONKITE — An online petition to stop a Yuma waste company’s proposal to start managing hazardous materials has received more than 4,300 signatures just weeks before Yuma County officials are scheduled to vote on a special use permit for the company.
However, Lines also said he wants to learn more from both sides: “First and foremost, I’d like to hear side of the story.” Yuma County resident John Adriatico, who started the petition July 7, said hundreds of thousands of gallons of hazardous materials will come into Yuma, with much of it produced in California.
He added that although non-hazardous waste from California currently makes up “a good percentage” of the company’s business, if the permit were approved, much of the hazardous waste would come from local sources. The Yuma Planning and Zoning Commission approved a special use permit at an April 25 meeting. But it met with community resistance at the meeting, according to a news report from KYMA.
The area also is at high risk for liquefaction – a process where soil turns to liquid due to ground shaking from an earthquake, the report read. The city also overlooks the Colorado River, a water source for 40 million Americans and Mexicans, according to the Utah Department of Natural Resources.
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