Solid Waste Permit Meeting

The fight to save Gregory Canyon has been going on for decades, and now one of its key permits is in the final stages of approval.

Citizens will have a chance to voice their concerns on Monday at 6:30 at the Fallbrook Library, 124 South Mission Rd.

The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health, Local Enforcement Agency held a meeting in February and recently decided to approve the solid waste disposal permit despite over 100 concerned citizens expressing disapproval for the project. The application now sits in the hands of the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) as its last stop before approval.

This is the public's last chance to have its voice heard on this solid waste permit application. Read the official notice for the workshop from CalRecycle. Please come to tell CalRecycle to deny this permit and stop this dump once and for all!

This is the same solid waste permit that was declared invalid last year by San Diego Superior Court Judge Robert Dahlquist. The supporters of the dump reapplied for the permit in 2010, but then rescinded the permit application after the Natural Resources Defense Council and Pala Band of Mission Indians identified numerous glaring mistakes in the application.

This will be the third time proponents have applied for the permit, and it could get tied up in the courts once again.

The Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, RiverWatch and the Pala Band of Mission Indians jointly filed suit against San Diego County arguing that the Department of Environmental Health violated state law about approving the permit because of unmitigatable impacts to endangered species and drinking water.

For more information please go to www.savegregorycanyon.org.