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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0358.024 2004-2006 Mate of nawau ~I u~~H tsusrness tvame ~eazcn xesuus for rHi.trtl, wH~ t 1r, tNtr. rage ~ of ~ ~ °Y ~ Purchase Certificate of Good Standing New Search General Information Business Entity Name PACIFIC WASTE, INC. Record Type Master Name for a Domestic Profit Corporation File Number 110140 D1 Status Active Purpose SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL Place Incorporated Hawaii UNITED STATES Incorporation Date 10/06/1997 Mailing Address 74-5588 PAWAI PL KAILUA-KONA Hawaii 96740 United States of America Term PER Agent Info Agent Name GUY KANIHO Agent Address 74-5588 PAWAI PL KAILUA-KONA Hawaii 96740 United States of America Annual Filin Info Filing Year Filing Status 2004 Processed 2003 Processed 2002 Not filed (Not Required by Statute) 2001 Processed 2000 Processed 1999 Processed Officer Information Name Office Date SHIRVANIAN,KOSTI CH/D 10/01/2004 CARPENTER,DANTE V/S/D 10/01/2004 Ref. To: Pr "TO'd Gaf, C'a',e G http://www.ehawaii. gov/deco/bizseazch/exe/bizsearch.cgi?&file_no=110140&file_su~ x=... 8/ 15/2005 state oT tlawau p ULLA tsusmess Name search Kesults Yor YACll~'1C WASTE, INC. Page 2 of 2 SHAGINIAN,KHOREN T!D 10/01/2004 KANIHO,GUY AS/D 10/01/2004 BROCKMAN,JAMES D 10/01/2004 Transaction Information Date Code Remarks 03/17/2003 Designation of Agent Designation of Agent 10/06/1997 ArtiGes of Incorporation ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Stock Information Date Class Shares Paid Shares Par Value Stock Amount 10/06/1997 COMMON 100,000 1,000 1. Purchase Certificate of Good Standing New Search Certificate of Good Standing_Search ~ Business Name Search ~ Feedba_ck Pav State Taxes Online ~ Register Business Online ~ State Home Pale http://www.ehawaii.gov/dcca/bizseazch/exe/bizseazch.cgi?&file_no=110140&file suffix=... 8/15/2005 " ^ity of Hawthorne -Recycling News Page 1 of 2 r _ - - - ..:r ~ Public Works De 'artment Index Publle Servlies Agendas 6 MlnuMs Search I In4~ ~n~ - ~ City information , .Cily Government I City Deoartrnents I Pubrx: Works I Environmental Proo I Waste Info ~ City Government Recycling Seniices In The News Trash collection saga springs another surprise city of H: ~ Busmess Ha ~ Public Safety By Wn Gregor ContaG: Dl11LY, BREEZE Emobvment City of HawU jj - (310) 349-29 The revelation was bewildering even to people accustomed to surprises in City Procmr ~ Nmort Hawthome's drive to revamp its garbage collection system. - 2003 Com Process a Parks3Rec Fortner Hawthorne City Councilman-Steve Andersen had teamed up with a _T controversial Orange County garbage man named Kosfi Shirvanian and a public Works wanted to. meet with city officials to discuss apublic-private trash partnership. Recvanm se The announcement was particularly surprising because Andersen has been me News a staunch supporter of Hawthome's longtime trash hauler, H8C Disposal, a Calendar of Evems which is fighting to keep its contract liaw(home F Recvana Sr: ~ Photo Gallery Protect It fueled immediate speculation that Shirvanian was planning to buy into H&C to try to save its 47-year-0Id contract with Havithome, which expires today. ~ rte Ma , Neither Andersen nor Shirvanian returned telephone calls frorg the Daily Breeze this week H8C President Matt Bagdasarian said Shirvanian wanted to buy his company years ago. But he added that he has had no discussions since then with Shirvanian, former president of Western Waste Industries, which was fined $1 million in the 1980s for environmental crimes and trying to artificially inflate trash prices. 'H8C's not for sale, nor are any shares for sale, nor will I agree to have anything to do with Kosti,' Bagdasarian said, adding that he's surprised Andersen joined forces with a potential competitor of his. "I'm so pissed off right now I can't even see straight I have no clue what's going on.' Hawthorne is in the process of finding multiple trash companies to bid on separate residential and commercial contracts. The city is scheduled to (award commercial contracts to up to 10 garbage companies by Nov. 25 and have them start operating by March 3, 2003. (H&C has sued Hawthorne, alleging the city illegally canceled its contract and owes it more than -3 million in unpaid fees. i;awthome denies the. charges. f 'City of Hawthorne -Recycling News Page 2 of 2 Any relationship between Shirvanian and H&C will be full of strange twists. In the late 1980s, H8C spokesman Mike Foster was a sheriffs sergeant assigned to the district attorney's toxic crimes strike force and arrested Shirvanian for mixing oil-soaked train engine filters with residential trash at the-waste transfer station in Carson. Western Waste pleaded no contest to three felony counts and was fined $100,000 for those violations, which occurred from January 1985 to July 1986. Shirvanian was prosecuted by Carmen Trutanich, who was the lead attorney for the toxic crimes strike force and who now is representing H&C Disposal in its bid to keep its Hawthorne contract Foster said he was prepared to resign from H8C if Bagdasarian had aligned with Shirvanian. 'I feel assured there's absolutely no collusion between Steve (Andersen) and Kosfi (Shirvanian) and anyone at HBC,' Foster said Tuesday after meeting with Bagdasarian. Charles Herbertson, Hawthome's public works director and acting city manager, said during Monday's countal meeting that former Councilman Andersen asked him if he could arrange a meeting between Shirvanian and city staff. Herbertson detained to do so because Shirvanian could potentially bid on the taty's trash contract Such a meeting could have scuttled the entire bid process because other trash companies could have claimed that Shirvanian got an unfair advantage from it Herbertson said Shirvanian was free to make a public presentation on his proposal, the details of which remain unknown. Councilman Mark Schoenfeld then asked his colleagues if they favored-that idea. None did. 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Mail - SearchtheWeb '`'$earCh- ' Sign In Finance Home -Help E~aAR Y~HOO.~FlNANCE NewUSerd`~19RUp Insider ~ Form 144 Filings -SHIRVANIAN, KOSTI Last updated 3-Dec-02 Enter symbol: Insider Trades by Symbol s~m_bol lookup EDGAR Online: Ge[ a Free Trial to EDGAR Online Premium ~ Full text Search SHIRVANIAN, KOSTI: Declared Holdings Company/Relationship Reported Shares Ownership SATXINC 20ot-ot-16 not reported President OTC BB:SATXO.OB (historical quotes, other insiders) Insider & restricted shareholder transactions reported over the last two years Date Shares Stock Transaction 2001-01-16 1,000,000 SATXQ.OB Statement of Ownership ADVERTISEMENT http://biz.yahoo.com/U01/1079.htm1 8/4/2005 Adams A;inc News Fage 1 of 5 Adams Mine Archives On-Line Public Concern Full Site Current Our Battle ' Home Index News A ainst Glossary Bennett The History of Waste Management Inc (WMI) i A change of name - an old shame WASTE MANAGEMENT INC. IS USA WASTE (THEY JUST CHANGED THEIR NAME) USA Waste was founded in 1985 by Donald F. Moorehead Jr. in HoustonTexas. Moorehead, who also founded Mid-American - Waste Systems, was following the model of BFI and Waste Management, two companies who redefined the waste industry by instituting a policy of rapid expansion and consolidation of markets. Moorehead left the company soon after its inception to concentrate his efforts on Mid-American, but retained a controlling interest. He returned in 1994 as Chief Development; Officer, bringing in-John Drury, the former- president of BFI,'-to run the- company: USA, unlike BFI,- has pursued an' "oldfashioned" method of waste management, "collecting it, hauling it and dumping it in the ground," with minimal investment in recycling programs and incinerators. Some of USA Waste's notable acquisitions include, Chambers Development Co in 1995, Sanifill Inc and Western Waste Industries in 1996; United Waste Systems, Mid American Waste Systems and the Canadian solid waste assets of Allied Waste Industries in 1997. Currently, USA Waste is the third largest garbage company in North America with operations in 42 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico *for a ,full list of USA Waste's subsidiaries: http://www.ebc.org/pubs/usa-subs.html: USA Waste has followed the. industry model of expansion by using reverse stock swaps ,which allow them to take a- controlling interest in companies and pay in shares of stock instead of cash. USA used this method in its acquisition of various companies, including United Waste Systems and Western Waste. Often executives at Adams Mine News Page 2 of 5 the company being bought are retained and.. given -seats on USA's board of directors as was the case with-John Rangos from Chambers,. Kosti Shirvanian from .Western Waste etc Another USA Waste acquisition -strategy has_ been aggressive - pursuit of troubled. companies: In 1996, .USA announced. that it had signed an agreement to purchase the New- York based Barretti Group, whose founder had recently been indicted on charges of being a member of a cartel which was inflating prices and controlling the waste collection-industry. USA Waste's acquisition of Chambers Development Company occurred after Chambers was forced to restate its .earnings in 1992. The- restated earnings showed. fhat Chambers'- profits since it became publicly traded were much lower then previously reported. This led to a large decline in the value of its stock and several shareholder lawsuits,- after which, USA stepped in and bought the larger .Chambers. A-similar situation occurred with Mid-American Waste Systems: Mid-American was reeling after losing $186.2 million in 1995 and co-founder Chris Whitewas facing indictment on charges he bribed elected officials. As with Chambers, Mid-American's poor situation made it a target for a takeover. More recently USA Waste has set. its sights on the t~oubied. leader in the -waste industry; Waste- Management Incorporated:- WMI has been in financiaF trouble for some-time, as its°-money losing hazardous waste, engirieering and construction divisions contributed to losses of over $1 billion during 1997. This raises the troubling aspect of having directors from WMI, which has been one of the industry's leaders in violations, helping to run the new company which would service an estimated one fifth of American households. In order to understand USA Waste's policies and practices, several of the key people involved in the formation and operation of the company must be examined. John Drury became CEO and Chairman of the Board of USA - Waste in May of 1994. Drury was president and Chief Operating Officer of Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) from 1982-1991 where he was in charge of all of BFI's solid waste operations. Drury oversaw BFI during a period when the company was cited numerous times for both anti-trust and environmental violations. Adams Mine News Page 3 of 5 Some highlights include: A $3.25 million plea bargain agreement with the, EPA and DOJ where BFI plead guilty to discharging ' hazardous waste into drinking water supplies in Williamsburg Ohio. A $3 million settlement with the state of-New jersey to avoid inclusion in a lawsuit brought by the -state for° price fixing and bribery of state officials. BFI also reached asettlement regarding a. class action lawsuit filed against the company and - Waste Management which alleged price fixing and customeral location, for $30.5 million in 1990: , These are merely three examples from the hundreds of violations that occurred at BFI' while Drury was at the helm. CRIMINAL RECORD OF USA WASTE 1997: 712 tons of soil _ contaminated with PCB's is disposed of at USA Waste's West Plains, WA. dump. The landfill is designated as "limited purpose" and was designed to hold tires, sterilized medical waste, construction materials and soils contaminated with petroleum. The landfill is'prohibited from taking material contaminated with hazardous wastes such as PCB's. 1996: USA Waste agrees to a settlement with the federal governmentand state agencies in Illinois concerning the filling of wetlands by Countryside Landfill's previous owners.-USA agrees to pay $3.6 million per year fourteen years into the Illinois Wetlands Conservation Account; construct a 210 acre wetland• adjacent to • -the `property; set aside $400,000 ''for.' the' - maintenance of the constructed wetland and" a p y $10;000 `the U.S. Dept.'of Justice. The settlement was reached because Army Corps of Engineers officials had refusedto allow USA to fill other wetlands fo'r expansion of the .landfill until the previous violations were settled. 1993: USA Waste faces stiff opposition in Gwinner, North Dakota concerning a proposed landfill expansion. The primary issue is the presence of an estimated 4000 barrels of industrial waste dumped at the landfillover a number of years. State health officials have refused to allow expansion of the landfill without cleanup of the waste and have levied a fine of $80,000 against USA Waste. for failure to move the barrels despite a 1990 agreement: State officials offered provisional expansion approval for the. cleanup, of the industrial waste, however, USA Waste said, "the $1 million-plus cost o the first phase is, too risky without assurances from the state of approval for future expansion:"-USA Waste is also in violation of state regulations stemmirig from,its disposal of three times the permitted amount of garbage Western Waste , A3:uns Mine News Page 4 of S 1996: Louisiana State Rep. , Michael Russo pleads guilty to _ extortion for pressuring Western Waste into buying property he owns in return for helping the company to obtain a landfill permit. Russo is paid $150,000by. Vern Hizel, manager of Western Waste's operations; in Louisiana. Hizel pleads guilty to one count of failure to report a felony and receives probation in connection with the payment to Russo 1995: Western Waste in Texarkana, Arkansas is ordered to pay a $205,000 penalty for poor operation of a solid waste site and to hold $799,000 in escrow for future remediation 1989: Hacob (Jake) Shirvanian, Vice President and Manager of Western Waste is fined $125,000 after pleading no contest to charges of mixing illegal hazardous waste, (including heavy metals and dry cleaning wastes with household garbage. USA Waste is fined $100,000 for the incidents which occurred between January of 1985-July 1986 1989: Western Waste agrees to pay $900,000 in fines after pleading no contest to charges that it "engaged in a plot to eliminate competitionand artificially inflate commercial trash hauling prices." United Waste 1997: United Waste pays a $150,000 fine to the state of Mass.- for environmental violations:'at landfills in Barre, Westminster and Chicopee. The violations included burying more trash than permitted, improperly -using demolition and construction material to cover trash, and using cover material that contained asbestos.In addition, United Waste agrees to provide $250,000 in recycling and disposal services for communities statewide. Sunray 1996: Sunray Inc. continues its bid to build a 16 acre landfill on Hobbes Mtn. near Fayetteville Arkansas. A permit for the operation was given to Sunray by the Arkansas Dept. of Pollution Control and Ecology despite the fact that the Arkansas Solid Waste Division had previously declared the site unsuitable. The issue at stake concerns the geology of the area. The Hobbs Mtn. Site is characterized by underground water pools and cracked limestone, suggesting that any leachate from the landfill is in danger of contaminating aquifers and nearby rivers. The site is also unstable, being located near an earthquake fault line. Despite these concerns and the question of whether Sunray's parent company USA Waste should be prohibited from activity in Arkansas for violating the state's "bad actor"law, the P~&E rules ' Adams Mine News Page 5 of 5 that citizens groups concerns were not valid, having been raised after the legal period of public discussion. Chambers 1994: Chambers pays $500,000 in fines to the SEC to settle charges that they `•had altered financial records to make the company appear more profitable. John Rangos, (Chambers chief exec. and member of USA's 6oardof directors),-and other officers sign a "cease and desist"order with the Securities and Exchange Commission, promising never to do it again Empire Sanitary Landfill 1997: Empire Sanitary Landfill, a waste service company in Pennsylvania and subsidiary of USA Waste, pleads guilty to giving $129,000 in illegal campaign contributions to 10. political candidates. The company agrees to pay a record $8 million fine, the largest ever for a campaign finance violation. Empire is alleged to have .illegally funneled the money by having employees and business associates make donations -and reimbursing them from company accounts. During the time of the illegal contributions, Empire was lobbying on a trash transportation bill pending in Congress. In addition to the company's fine, four former officials of Empire, a business associate and a Pa legislator face trial in a 140 count indictment alleging that they made the contributions and attempted to cover them up when prosecutors began an investigation- Grand Central Sanitary Landfill. Inc. 998: Grand Central,. a subsidiary of USA Waste signs a Consent Order and Agreement with the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection for violations at its landfill facility. The company agrees to pay $1.52 million for the violations. WMI 1 WMI 2 WMI 4 " ~ ' 'D~ or die decision on dump Page l of 2. Do or die decision on dump By Skip Morgan The Press-Enterprise RNEI2SIDE After dozens of hearings and studies over the past two years, Riverside County supervisors will be asked Tuesday to decide whether to turn a canyon landfill south of Corona into a major destination for trash from throughout Southern California. The 12-fold expansion of the El Sobrante dump was initially approved by supervisors two years ago; but that decision was derailed when the FBI began investigating the Riverside County operations of the dump's former owner. Increasing the dump's capacity from 9 million tons to 109 million tons would pump an estimated more than $120 million into cash-strapped county programs and could also generate $60 million to protect endangered species, according to county officials. So faz, the dump expansion has been supported by Supervisor Bob Buster. Supervisors Tom Mullen and John Tavaglione have both come out against the project Supervisors Jim Venable and Roy Wilson both said they would like to see the county obtain more revenue from the dump operator, Dallas-based USA Waste Services Inc. "The last proposal I saw was not as good as I would like to see," Venable said. The dump expansion has drawn vocal opposition from many residents who live in the nearby Temescal. Canyon area, south of Corona, and from the housing industry. in the Corona area, which fears the project will hurt pioperty values. The expansion has gained support from business leaders in the Murrieta-Temecula area, who see the dump as a way to generate revenues for preserves to protect the Quino checkerspot butterfly and other federally protected species that are close to extinction. Competing trash companies who oppose the dump expansion want supervisors to put off a vote until an issue is resolved affecting air pollution that would be generated by the project. The dump expansion would increase air pollution in the Southern California azea, according to an environmental review of the project. To compensate for the increased pollution, dump operator USA Waste has proposed buying so-called pollution credits. The credits are given to businesses that reduce pollution and can be sold to businesses that create pollution as-away to mitigate the impacts. The South Coast Air Quality Management District, which established the credit program, has recommended that additional measure$ be taken to deal witlL.the increased pollution, said Henry Hogo, a planning manager for the air-quality district. Dump owner USA Waste Services has already purchased $3 million worth of emission credits, said i~o or die decision on dump Page 2 of 2 county waste management duector Robert Nelson. USA Waste Service purchased the dump from Western Waste Industries in 1996, just before the FBI launched an investigation of Western Waste's operations in Riverside County. The FBI has not made any arrests or even disclosed what it was investigating, but the criminal probe still is having an impact on the proposed dump expansion. Supervisor Tom Mullen announced last week that he will oppose the expansion because Western Waste's chairman continues to sit on the board of directors of USA Waste Services. Western Waste Industries, the company that built the El Sobrante dump in 1986, was the target of criminal corruption scandals in 1996 in Louisiana and Compton shortly before the company was sold to USA Waste. Former Western Waste Chairman Kosti Shirvanian owns 3.7 percent of USA Waste's stock, but Supervisor Roy Wilson said he no longer believes Shirvanian plays at significant role in the dump project. "He's not the power he used to be," Wilson said. Published 5/25/1998 Augur: 1997 Isaue Page 1 of 4 INLAND EMPIRE business ournal Supervisor Objects to L.A.'s Trash by Mathew Padilla "This land is your land. This land is my land." That's how the song goes, but when it comes to trash, Riverside County Supervisor John Tavaglione would like Los Angeles to keep its trash on its own land. Tavaglione said he dcesnY necessarily mind if L.A.'s trash is taken by train and dumped at the proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill. What he dcesnY want is for the trash to be hauled by trucks over Riverside freeways to the EI Sobrante Landfill, which may be expanded to host 60 million tons of waste from outside the county. His objections are simple:-More trucks will mean more traffic and more air pollution. "V11e ought to determine if we want to be the refuse deposftory for other counties," Tavaglione said. "I'm not sure that we do." But if the EI Sobrante expansion is not approved, the alternative could cost the county as much as $130 million, according to Robert Nelson, director of the county Waste Resources Management District The figure is a sum of the costs to expand a pair of county-0wned landfills: Badlands, northeast of Moreno Valley, and Lamb Canyon, south of Beaumont Nelson pointed out that the $130 million figure is a little misleading. It primarily consists of development costs that would also have to be paid 'rf EI Sobrante is expanded. The difference is that in the EI Sobrante case USA Waste Services Inc. would finance development costs and then negotiate those costs into the gate fee charged to trucks hauling trash for counties and cities. Either way, the finandal quandary can not be ignored. With no new dump space, the county will run out of room for its Dash in 2007 or 2008, depending on which population projection is used, Nelson said. That is one reason why Supervisor Bob Buster is willing to keep talking to USA Waste and Eagle Mountain Landfill developers Kaiser Ventures Inc. and Mine Reclamation Corp. Buster, too, has hesitations about shipping trash from Los Angeles to Riverside. "I think every county ought to take care of its own junk," Buster said. But "if we don't have EI Sobrante, we would have to expand those [county-owned landfills] at much greater expense." Some USA Waste officials have said that claims such as those brought by the supervisors are exaggerated. Company representatives have made several points to ease waste transportation fears and other objections 2ised by supervisors. The representatives say that if the expansion is approved, a maximum of five trucks per hour will traverse county highways during off-peak hours. To have hauling trucks stuck in traffic would cost too much, said Raymond Grier, a district manager for USA Waste. And they point out that the total 100-million-ton planned expansion from 9.4 to 109.4 million tons will happen over a period of 30 to 40 years. "It's not an overnight deal," said Patrick O'Reilly, a representative with USA Waste's public relations furs, August 19971ssue Page 2 of 4 Stoorza Ziegaus & Metzger. O'Reilly said that the true nature of supervisors' objections is an"investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigations into Western Waste Industries, which was acquired last year by USA Waste. Westem is under investigation in relation to corruption scandals in Compton and Louisiana. All five Riverside-county supervisors and about a dozen other county officials received subpoenas last year in connection with the FBI probe. Supervisor Tom Mullen said he considers USA Waste and Westem Waste the same company. Mullen disputes the claim that he is taking out on USA Waste his frustrations on being hassled by the FBI. The supervisor said his feelings are targeted at the owners of Westem Waste, Kosti Shirvanian and his sister Savey Shirvanian, who have been implipted in corruption charges. Mullen said together the owners form the largest single stockholder in USA Waste, although that percentage is relatively small. "Riverside County has no business doing business with them," Mullen said. The supervisor has even tried to cut USA Waste out of negotiations to haul trash in Unincorporated areas of the county. The board of supervisors voted to exclude USA Waste in April and later overturned its own decision. Supervisor.Bustersaid it's premature to cut USA Waste out of the bidding process since the FBI investigation has been going on for a year and no charges have been filed. No matterwhich supervisor talks, Riverside County has serious trash problems. Hauling contracts, EI Sobrante and Eagle Mountain are all still pending and the latter two may never pass. After concluding a public hearing on Eagle Mountain late last month, the board asked developers to cut in half the amount of trash shipped to the site: And three of the five supervisors, a majority, said they will likety vote against EI Sobrante on principle or ask for a reduction in the amount ofout-ofcounty tonnage. Harris' Sought a Savior by Rebecp Jo James Shoppers around the Inland Empire have bng-time frequented their much coveted Harris' Co. department store - the store that boasted the motto, "Hams has it" But now ft appears that Hams has had it 'They have been having problems for a while, this didn't just happen "said Joe Levy, Gottschalks president and CEO. "They were looking for someone to merge with and they came to us. It's a natural progression because we want to grow, too." Negotiations fora merger between Fresno-based Gottschalks Inc. and Harcis' began last month -upsetting the residents and the apple cart for the city of San Bemardino and Moreno Valley. . Levy said Hams' downtown San Bemardino and Moreno Valley stores are among the worst performing, although there are no otirrent plans to Dose-those stores. "First we are looking at putting the sVategic alliance together and looking at the viable pieces of it," Levy said. "All stores will stay open and we will analyze what makes sense for the merged group." Levy said Gottschalks plans to save the 1,400 jobs provided by Hams' nine-store chain. _ - _ _ _ Page 3 of 4 "We plan to step the sales up and I think that will mean the stores will need more employees," he said. "We'll _ work with their existing benefit plan. They'II get the best of both worlds and will be well taken care ot" Hams' financial statements posted a loss of nearly $27.9 million during the past five years. Since 1993, sales have plummeted from a high of $113.9 million to $93 million last year. "Our first concern is to make (Hams') profitable," Levy said. 'The way they are throwing off red ink, there are 1,400 jobs that wouldn't be there" if Harris' continues to lose money. Recently, Gottschalks signed a letter of intent to acquire Hams' for a 22.5 percent stake in the company. The total value of the deal is $38.1 million. Levy said he expects the due diligence portion of the negotiations to be completed by August 31, with the merger to be completed by the end of October. Levy said he believes Gottschalks strengths can result in better sales performance for Hams'. Gottschalks home stores provide more than twice the percentage generated by sales in similar departments in Hams'. But Gottschalks officials are still examining Hams' operations before committing to the purchase. "We're making good progress anatyzing the business to make sure the assets and liabilities are as it is presented "Levy said. "We're very pleased so far." Eagle Decision Delayed Again byJudianne Triglia Kaiser Ventures tnc. and Mine Reclamation Corp. (MRC) are ready to have a decision on their proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill, but the board of supervisors may not be. With an August date set for a vote, company officials are hoping that the projects fate, after almost 10 years of discussion, will finally be derided. "WeYe teamed not to predict, but we are optimistic if the supervisors use the fads;" said Kay Hazen, vice president of public and government affairs for MRC, of which. Kaiser owns 70 percent But the Riverside County Board of Supervisors met Juty 22 to discuss the issues surrounding the landfill and came up with a number of additional concerns about the project "I seriously doubt if a vote, in its final form, could happen on Aug. 12," said Robert Nelson, CEO of the Riverside County Waste Resources Management District The original proposal was set back in 1994 when a San Diego County Superior Court judge ruled that the environmental impact report was incomplete. Three years later, the concerns of the board seem to have shifted from the environment to other funding and project details. "[rhe delays arej frustrating but the project has been improved, and that's a good thing," said Hazen of MRC. "But there comes a time to gather the facts together and make a decision. Now is the right Gme and this is the right place." But the board has raised several concerns, which could significantly delay the project Among the concerns of the board were suggestions about revisions to the project. The most drastic recommendafion was to reduce the daily capacity from 20,000 tons to 10,000 tons. • "We may have killed the project right there," said Supervisor John Tavaglione. August 1997 Issue Page 4 of 4 Another request by board members is to have Kaiser Ventures sign the agreement and be listed as a signatory on the project along with MRC as well as pay more fdr the space. How much more MRC and Kaiser would have to pay for the land was not discussed. ' Another issue is the transportation of the waste to the dump. Kaiser proposes to use a private railway, which runs near the site and the town site where many workers will live, to transport the waste. Controversy surrounding this method led the board to ask for funding for an additional railroad crossing by the time of startup. The board also looked at funding for environmental mitigation. A trust to pay mitigation is inGuded in the proposal, but the board discussed having another form of handling the money. No specific idea has been negotiated yet The board also considered a $10 million endowment with the University of California, Riverside, to provide air quality research and landfill performance research. The proposed landfill has already set the shareholders of MRC back $50 million. The possibility of such a grand investment drove Browning- Ferris Industries to another site earlier in the project's history. But the board's con'cems have not ended the project, and Kaiser and MRC are still optimistic. "[The negotiating committee] is in good faith negotiating," said Terry Cook, senior vice president and general counsel for Kaiser Ventures and MRC_ "In some form ...almost all the issues will be addressed by Aug. 12." Route 30 Comes Slowly But Surely by Judianne Triglia After 48 year of planning, controversy and negotiations for changes, the Foothill Freeway extension has finally seen its beginning, but its completion is still years away. Ground was broken July 17, and construction will begin in the spring for Route 30. It will connect Foothill Boulevard in La Verne and Interstate 15 in San Bemardino, The San Bemardino portion of Route 30 is scheduled to begin later this yeas The next projects in construction are the over crossings at Euclid and San Antonio streets in Upland, which will begin in October, said Deborah Hams, public affairs officer for Caltrans. After that is complete, construction on the Interstate 15 and Route 30 interchange will begin in early 1998. The construction for the entire freeway extension is estimated to take about five years. The freeway has a history dating back to 1949, when the project was originally discussed, said Hams. "A lot of [the reasons it took so long to begin] had to do with funding changes," she said. The freeway is expected to cost $1.1 million, which will be paid for by state, local and MTA funds. The major part of the funding is coming from Measure I, a county-wide initiative to provide funding for transportation projects in San Bemardino County through aone-half-cent sales tax. The Measure I program was approved by voters in 1989 and is estimated to total $1.7 billion over a 20-year period. The program is overseen by the San Bemardino Associated Governments (SANBAG). The Los Angeles portion of the freeway will cost $300 million, and about $240 million, or 80 percent, of that cost will be paid by the federal government Return to August 1997 Index O 1998 Daity Planet Productions. All rights reserved. Mir::~izs for Wednesday, Decemh;, ;9, 2001 Page 1 ef4 Retum to: Home Paae ~ Table of Contents ~ Commission Page ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MINUTES Wednesday, December 19, 2001 9:03 a.m. Hawaii County Building, Elections Conference Room 25 Aupuni Street, Room 105, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 PRESENT: Riley Smith ALSO PRESENT: Dante Carpenter Barbara Bell Christine Ross Hugh Ono Mike DuBois Peter Martin Bob Platt Sam Kawamura David Frankel Carolyn Witcher Luang Jones EXCUSED: Mack Asato STAFF: Galen Kuba Peter Boucher Larry Capellas Kathy Garson Gerald Takase Kristen Griffiths 1. CALL TO ORDER Bazbaza Bell called the meeting to order at 9:03 a.m. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 28, 2001 MEETING Hugh Ono moved to approve the minutes. Riley Smith seconded the motion. If minutes are amended, the title should say, "as amended" and the footer should say, "amended as of (a certain date). Motion was unanimously carried. 3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS LISTED ON AGENDA Dante Carpenter of Pacific Waste, Inc. discussed the possibility of going to the legislature this year to request authorization for special purpose revenue bonds for either awaste-ta-energy power giant or-any combination of items which might require heavy funding. Special purpose revenue bonds are basically offered in every state in the U.S. They are federal-tax-free bonds that reduce the cost of construction of certain kinds of proj ects which are authorized to be used without taxing by the federal government. Pacific Waste, Inc. will be requesting awaste-to-energy`support funding between $30-and- $40 million. A lot of discussion has been relating to the c~osure of the Hilo Landfill in 2004. Recently had a discussion with Environmental Management on public- private partnerships: In anticipation of the legislative session beginning next month; the Commission-needs to decide whe+her or not to take a positior_, not necessarily tc~ support certain Minutes for Wednesday, December 19, 2061 Page 2 of 4 entities, but to support the principals which certain entities may want to represent. It would appeaz - that Pu`uanahula may be a preferred location, being that it is away from a populated azea, is already set up to receive solid waste refuse from throughout the island, and has a large enough area that perhaps could be utilized. Will talk to any and all parties that have any cognizance with the waste, management problem on the island. Hugh Ono mentioned that awaste-to-energy facility in the Pu`uanahulu azea would not solve many of the concerns about hauling solid waste from the east side to the west side. Roughly calculating what it would take to haul everything to Pu`uanahulu for an ultimate sort would be approximately 6 loads a day. We aze trying to look at it in the best interest of the company, and it has to do with operation in a fashion which is environmentally satisfactory with the policies that aze or are going to be. Many technologies require a fairly lazge amount of refuse which isn't generated by the Big Island. Awaste-to-energy power plant may be mazginal, but has the best opportunity. There would probably need to be some mechanism set up requirmg all of the island's rubbish to go through Pacific Waste, Inc., but that will not stifle any independent actions. There aze a lot of details to still be determined. 4. APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/ORS PPLEMENTAL AGENDA Riley Smith moved to include Carolyn Witcher Update on the North Kona Improvement District. Peter Martin seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Carolyn Witcher moved to add discussion on media protocol far Commissioners. Sam Kawamura seconded. Motion was unanimously carried. 5. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE • Director's Report Galen Kuba will be going to the Executive Review Committee to discuss the two new positions he is interested in. The two types of procurement were discussed. One is competitive sealed bidding in which the consultant puts together a package, everybody bids on the same package, and lowest price is picked. The other is a competitive sealed proposal in which we offer a certain amount of information to prospective proposers and they put together a package. It is design build to some extent in which we do not provide a plan per se to be put out to bid. It is offered by vendors or whoever is interested, provided they meet certain qualifications. Design/Build is very confidential. • Solid Waste Division Chief s Report As circulated. Larry Capellas will circulate 3 copies of the Disaster Debris Action Manual among the Commission members. • Wastewater Division Chief~eport As circulated. • Actions by-the Environmental Manaeement Commission (Discussion on Media Protocol for the Commissioners) Hugh Ono mentioned t_r3t the :'ommission wilt be getting into some discussion of issues arc1 will have What aze &he chances this LA project will work? ~ Page I of 4 What are the chances this LA project will work? Philip D. Lusk nlusk at PIPELINE COM Mon Jun 28 20:33:06 EDT 2004 ° " • Previous message: What are the chances this LA~roiect will work? . Next message: E-mail Errors • Messages sorted by: [ dated [thread ] [ subiec~ [author ] Although HIGHLY dependant upon feedstock composition, recent practical AD experience in Europe shows that around 150-200 kWh can be produced per ton of MSW. Let's do some ball-park guessing, to determine in the big picture if this is a valid project or another crock that is potentially damaging to the reputation of valid AD system providers. When I do the math (200 kWh/ton 2700 tons/day * 365 days/year), a reasonable maximum electricity production number would-be 197,100,000 - kWh/year. Dividing kWh/year by 6760 hours/year suggests that the prime mover would be around 22,500 kW, or 22.5 mW. Even if a developer could come up with a magic new process that would be "508 more efficient" than all other existing processes in the world, this would suggest that (22.5 * 1. 5) 33.75 mW may be possible. Remember, this represents the maximum potential, as no MSW digester I am aware of is loaded 365 days/year (260 is a better number) and even the best generators are only available around 958 of the time. Let's see...if I read this correctly, the inventor claims the facility will produce 90 mW. So, either he is not very good at math, a fool, or a charlatan. Plus, there is a significant issue w/ the economies of scale. In a world where 1000 tons/day is a very large AD facility, how can anybody really expect to go from pilot scale (if that) into full commercial production at 2700 tons/day by 2008? once again, this fails pass my initial set of beliefs of what is possible, ~o it is a double crock. loping that I missed something that others might bring to my attention, as I -eally do want to believe in "closing the loop" and empowering local :elf-reliance through green gas technologies. I am just tired of sell-intentioned consumers getting burned...it's bad for business. 'hil 'hilip D. Lusk :e source Development Associates knit 4 What are the chances this LA projectw~il works Page 2 of 4 200 E. Spring Creek Drive - Pierre, SD 57501-626.9 605.224.4339 (tel) 605.229.9779 (fax) 605.280.3135 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: The Digestion Discussion List [mailto:DIGESTION at_LISTSERV.REPP.ORG]On Behalf Of Tami Thomas Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 6:10 PM To: DIGESTION at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG Subject: Re: [DIG] What are the chances this LA project will work? Hi All, I'm very curious as to the specifics of why everyone seems so pessimistic on the viability of this project. Is it that the technology isn't there yet, even though Europe has apparently found a way to make it work? Or is it the economics of 'green power' versus low cost regular power sources in the US? The permitting regime for any large construction project? Or something or many somethings else? It seems that if a listserve on the topic of Anaerobic Digestion doesn't think the process will work, what is the point of having it? Tamara Thomas, P.E. Terre-Source LLC Helping Compost Happen! 925-849-6068 Original Message From: Jim Groman To: DIGESTION at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG Sent: Monday, June 28, 2009 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [DIG] What are the chances this LA project will work? Actually, since the permitting process alone will probably take 15 years, they may be able to get something that works by then as long as they are still in business. -----Original Message----- From: The Digestion Discussion List [mailto:DIGESTION at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG] On Behalf Of Chuck Steiner Sent: Monday, June 28, 2009 6:58 AM To: DIGESTION at LISTSER_V.REPP.ORG Subject: Re: [DIG] What are the chances this LA project will work? 6.28.04 Between no and zero. Regards-Chuck C. G. (Chuck) Steiner, J.D. President and CEO WaterSmart Environmental, Inc. PO Box 26346 Shawnee Mission, KS 66225-6396 What are the chances this LA project will work? ~ Page 3 of 4 Phone: 913.897.2727 - Fax: 913.897.1902 email: csteiner at ix.netcom.com URL: www.watersmart.com ~ Original Message - _ From: "C. Van Milligen" <CAVM at AOL.COM> - To: <DIGESTION at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2009 9:15 AM Subject: [DIG] What are the chances this LA project will work? - > LOS ANGELES, CA The Los Angeles City Council approved an agreement today > that allows the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to purchase > 40 megawatts of new renewable energy enough to serve up to 40,000 homes > from a biogas power plant that will use recycled green material to generate > electricity. > Under the agreement, LADWP will purchase the renewable energy from > BioConverter LLC, a Delaware-based company, for approximately $16 > million per year for > 20 years beginning in fiscal year 2008-09. BioConverter Los Angeles > LLC will > produce the renewable energy at a biogas power facility, which the company > will build at no cost to the city. BioConverter will determine a > suitable location for the facility, subject to LADWP's approval. The > proposed facility is > expected to be operational by 2008. > In producing renewable energy, the biogas facility will process 2,700 tons > daily of garden clippings and other green materials through an > anaerobic digestion system. The project will boost the city's > recycling program by providing > a local market for processing green materials, which now must be transported > to the Bakersfield area, 150 miles north of Los Angeles, for composting. > "This is an excellent opportunity for LADWP to invest in a renewable power > resource with no risk to the city," said Frank Salas, LADWP acting general > manager. "By utilizing green materials to generate electricity, the proposed > facility will help Los Angeles reduce its dependence on fossil fuels > and support > goals for producing power in a pollution-free, environmentally > friendly manner." > Under the purchase agreement, BioConverter LLC assumes responsibility > for developing and constructing the biogas anaerobic digestion > facility. The company will obtain all necessary permits and required What aze the chances this LA project will work? Page 4 of 4 > environmental ~ approvals, as ' > well as reimburse LADWP for constructing a substation and > transmission lines > to connect the plant to the city's power grid. LADWP will operate the > facility's electric generating units, while BioConverter LLC will > manage the > anaerobic process. > "This is a great project. The new biogas facility fits perfectly with > the city's goals for renewable energy, as well as its recycling > goals," said Gary > Petersen, board chairman of BioConverter LLC. Petersen designed the city's > first recycling program in the 1970s, and described the BioConverter facility as > "closing the loop." > "The city is creating local self-reliance. We will be using the green > material that comes from the communities and recycling it by turning > it into green > power," Petersen said. He described the technology for the anaerobic > digestion process as 30 to 50 percent more efficient than that used in previously > developed anaerobic digestion facilities. Additionally, the plant > will produce > enough energy to operate off of its own power. > According to Henry Martinez, LADWP chief operating officer - power, > the proposed facility would supply about 1.3 percent of the LADWP > power system energy > requirements, or approximately 333 gigawatt-hours annually. > The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the nation's largest > municipal utility, was established more than 100 years ago to provide water and > electric needs to the city's businesses and residents. For more information, visit > _www.ladwp.com_ (htt~://www.ladw~.com/) > _ - - •Previous message: What are the chances this LA~>~ect will work? . Next message: E-mail Errors • Messages sorted by: [date ] j thread ] ~sub~ect ] author ] [ore information about the Digestion maili~ list