The Region : BKK Dump Suit Settled

The City of West Covina, BKK Corp. and five regulatory agencies have reached agreement on a comprehensive plan to stop odors, ground water contamination and methane gas leaks at the BKK landfill. Attorneys will ask Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Norman Epstein on Monday to accept the agreement as a stipulated preliminary injunction, settling a lawsuit brought by West Covina against BKK and the regulatory agencies. City Atty. Colin Lennard said regulatory agencies have spelled out the specific steps that BKK Corp. must take to monitor and control gas, contaminated water and leachate at the dump, which has been plagued by a number of problems, including methane gas leaks that caused the evacuation of 19 families last July. The 583-acre landfill stopped accepting hazardous waste in November but is continuing to accept other refuse.