Guide to the James and Edith Harmon Environmental Collection

2011-05-11

5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050

San Diego, CA, 92182-8050

URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua

Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu

Phone: 619-594-6791

Guide to the James and Edith Harmon Environmental Collection 1973/1998

Special Collections & University Archives

Overview of the Collection

Collection Title: James and Edith Harmon Environmental Collection

Dates: 1973-1998

Bulk Dates: 1980-1998

Identification: MS-0125

Creator: Harmon, Edith, 1945- Harmon, James, 1919-2007

Physical Description: 17.72 linear ft

Language of Materials: English

Repository: Special Collections & University Archives

5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050

San Diego, CA, 92182-8050

URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua

Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu

Phone: 619-594-6791

Biographical Information:

James and Edith Harmon were married for 28 years. James Harmon was born May 24, 1919 in Middletown, Ohio. As a young man he enrolled in the Navy and fought in World War II. He later went on to fight in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. James achieved the difficult task of becoming an officer after entering service as an enlisted man. After serving 20 years, he retired from the military, and pursued his PhD in Political Science. He went on to become a professor at San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus from 1964-1981. James requested assignment to the remote campus because of his love for the desert habitat. While at SDSU he became the Chair of the Political Science Department. Also at SDSU, James met Edith, or Edie as she is more commonly known. She was born in 1945 and was 26 years his junior. The couple spent almost every day of their marriage together, until his death on April 26, 2007. Edie Harmon grew up in Massachusetts. She graduated from Macalester College in 1966 as a geography major. She fell in love with the desert when she went to Africa with the Peace Corps. She would go on to spend time in Africa as a teacher in biology and art. While there she also studied desert lands and animals. When she met James, Edie decided to move to Imperial County. While in Imperial County Edie went on to become a longtime volunteer for the Sierra Club and the Desert Protective Council. She continues to be the liaison between the Bureau of Land Management and the Sierra Club.

The Harmons began their environmental battles in the 1970s. Their initial motive was local commercial companies which were siphoning excess groundwater from Imperial County residents. At the time, Imperial County did not have any attorneys who focused on environmental law; as a result the Harmons educated themselves on the relevant legal issues. By the time they joined the Sierra Club in 1990, they had already participated in multiple environmental lawsuits. The Harmons became proficient at analyzing Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), gathering evidence against proposed projects, and initiating litigation.

The Harmons spent much of their time trying to prevent the construction of landfills in the Southern California deserts, including the Mesquite Regional Landfill proposed in 1992, the Eagle Mountain Landfill also proposed in 1992, the Bolo Station Landfill in 1994, the Republic Imperial Landfill of 1994, and the Campo Solid Waste Management site in 1995. They prevented the construction of all of these landfills except for the Mesquite Regional Landfill, which was approved and built by Arid Operations, and the Campo Solid Waste Management project, which is still pending.

The Harmons also opposed mining operations including the White Pit mining project in 1995, Jimenez Pit project in 1996, the Castle Mountain Mine in 1997, and the Soledad Mountain Mining project, also in 1997. The Harmons prevented construction of the White Pit Mine, while the Jimenez Pit project and Castle Mountain Mine expansion project were both approved and built. The Soledad Mountain Mining project is still pending.

James and Edie Harmon opposed projects which dealt with sewage waste, sludge waste, and agricultural damaging projects, including one in the Ocotillo-Coyote Wells Basin in 1989, and two in Imperial County in 1996 and 1998. They also worked successfully to uphold a decision preventing construction of the North County Recycling and Energy Recovery Plant in 1987.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term:

Environmental impact analysis -- California, Southern

Environmental law -- California

Environmental protection -- California -- San Diego -- Sources

Environmentalism

Environmentalism -- California, Southern

Sewage -- Environmental aspects -- California -- San Diego -- History -- 20th century -- Sources

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.

Conditions Governing Access:

This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation:

Identification of item, folder title, box number, James and Edith Harmon Environmental Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.

Related Materials:

Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter Records, 1957-2000 (MS-0027)

Rose (Pandora) Environmental Activism Collection, 1972-2004 (MS-0410)

Arrangement of Materials:

I. Mesquite Landfill Project Files (1984-1996)

II. Sewage and Sludge Waste Files (1985-1997)

III. Eagle Mountain Landfill Files (1991-1997)

IV. North County Recycling and Energy Recovery Center Files (1981-1987)

V. Campo Solid Waste Management Project Files (1992-1994)

VI. Republic Imperial Landfill Expansion Files (1994-1996)

VII. El Remate Incorporated Agricultural Project Files (1973-1990)

VIII. Soledad Mountain Mining Project Files (1997)

IX. Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project Files (1987-1998)

X. White Pit Mining Project Files (1995-1998)

XI. Bolo Station Landfill Files (1994)

XII. Jimenez Pit Granite Construction Files (1996)

Scope and Contents

The James and Edie Harmon Environmental Collection documents James and Edie Harmon's grassroots environmental work in opposition to numerous landfills, mines, and waste projects in the late 1980s and 1990s. The collection dates from 1973 to 1998, and includes environmental impact reports, correspondences, newspaper clippings, litigation documents, government documents, health reports, environmental reports, and letters from the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations. The collection contains an abundance of environmental impact reports, but a noticeable lack of personal analysis by the Harmons. The collection consist of 12 major series: Mesquite Landfill Project Files (1984-1996), Sewage and Sludge Waste Files (1985-1997), Eagle Mountain Landfill Files (1991-1997), North County Recycling and Energy Recovery Center Files (1981-1987), Campo Solid Waste Management Project Files (1992-1994), Republic Imperial Landfill Expansion Files (1994-1996), El Remate Incorporated Agricultural Project Files (1973-1990), Soledad Mountain Mining Project Files (1997), Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project Files (1987-1998), White Pit Mining Project Files (1995-1998), Bolo Station Landfill Files (1994), and Jimenez Pit Granite Construction Files (1996).

The Mesquite Landfill Project Files document both the Harmons' work against construction of the Mesquite Regional Landfill and Arid Operations' work in favor of construction. It clearly illustrates the complex process a proposed project must face before it is approved. The series is arranged alphabetically and ranges from 1984-1996. It contains biological assessments, reports, environmental impact reports, newspaper articles, and correspondence. A highlight is a biological assessment of the Mesquite Mine dated July of 1984, a document filed as part of the original landfill proposal. The series contains documentation from several groups, including Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Arid Operations, the Sierra Club, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and the Imperial County Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors.

The Sewage and Sludge Waste Files documents the Harmons' research into the safety of biosolids. The series includes numerous EPA rules, standards, and restrictions on waste from the early 1990s. It documents perspectives both in favor and against sewage and sludge waste treatment practices. The files are arranged alphabetically and range from 1985-1997. A highlight is a report on sewage and sludge waste produced by Cornell University in 1997. The series includes documents created by numerous groups including Pennsylvania State University, Food Products Association or FPA (formerly the National Food Processor Associate or NFPA), Laredo Safety Institute, National Research Council, Citizen's Clearing House for Hazardous Waste, the non-government organization California Farm Bureau Federation, National Sludge Alliance, G. Fred Lee & Associates, San Diego District Attorney's office, Imperial County's Board of Supervisors and Planning Department, the Mexican Government, and the Sierra Club.

The Eagle Mountain Landfill Files document the arguments of those in favor and against construction of the Eagle Mountain Landfill, as well as the Harmons' work to prevent the landfill's construction. The series is arranged alphabetically and ranges in date from 1991-1997. Included are the lawsuit papers from the National Parks and Conservation Association versus the County of Riverside and Kaiser Steel Resources, Incorporated. Other involved groups are Citizen's Clearing House for Hazardous Waste, National Citizens Alliance, and the Sierra Club. A large percentage of the Eagle Mountain Landfill files are made up of drafts, appendixes, and final environmental impact reports. Also included in the series are various articles and newspaper clippings addressing the health dangers of landfills, cement kilns, and incinerators.

The North County Recycling and Energy Recovery Center Files document the Harmons' research into the potential dangers of trash-to-energy plants. The files are arranged alphabetically and range in date from 1981-1987. The center was intended to be built in San Marcos, California. Documents in the files include the initial permit application that was submitted in 1987 to the Department of Health, articles on waste, analysis of ash, ozone and smog reports. A highlight is a report in which the State of New York reevaluates two incinerators. Among the groups involved are the Sierra Club, UCLA, the City of Los Angeles, and the City of San Diego.

The Campo Solid Waste Management Project Files document the work of the Campo Band of Mission Indians to improve their economic conditions, and the Harmons' work against the project. It is arranged alphabetically and ranges in date from 1992-1994. The series contains appendices, and the comments and responses portion of the environmental impact reports. Two notable documents in the files are the State of Alaska's documented opposition to the proposed project, and the County of San Diego taking legal action against the Campo Band of Mission Indians, who responded with documents stating the project, which was to be built on reservation land in San Diego County, would improve their economic position, and provide a sense of independence from the federal government.

The Republic Imperial Landfill Files document the full process a proposed project faces before it can be approved. The series is arranged alphabetically and ranges from 1994-1996. A highlight of the files is the evaluation of the potential impact of landfill covers by Triegel & Associates, Incorporated. Other documents include draft environmental impact reports, conditional use permit agreements, and an analysis of the final environmental impact report. The files contain documents created by numerous groups, including California Regional Water Quality Control Board, the Department of Fish and Game, California Integrated Waste Management Board, and Triegel & Associates, Incorporated.

The El Remate, Incorporated Agricultural Project Files document the importance of water as a resource in Imperial County, and demonstrates the influence a united community, in this case led by the Ocotillo Community Council, can have in accomplishing a goal. The series is arranged alphabetically and ranges from 1973-1990. Highlights include Imperial County's general plan from the 1970s in which the county's open space land management is detailed. Documents and files created by numerous groups are included in the series, including the Imperial County's Board of Supervisors, Imperial County's Planning Commission, and the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. Included in the files are public hearing minutes, draft and final environmental impact reports, and litigation documents

The Soledad Mountain Project Files document the complex process a proposed project must face before it is approved. The series is arranged alphabetically and ranges from May – November, 1997. It is made up of Draft Environmental Impact Reports, Environmental Impact Reports, and a decision by the Bureau of Land Management.

The Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Files document the process existing mining facilities must encounter if they intend to expand. The series is arranged alphabetically and ranges from 1987-1998. The mine as proposed was to be constructed in San Bernardino County, California. A highlight of the series is the lone 1987 information packet for a conference titled A Community Perspective of Hazardous Waste Planning. The series consists of the draft environmental impact reports, the final environmental impact reports, and a Record of Decision by the Bureau of Land Management.

The White Pit Mining Project Files document the communication process between a project proposing company and their County's Planning Commission. The series is arranged alphabetically and ranges from 1995-1998. The series consists of draft and final environmental impact reports. Documents created by numerous groups and organizations are included in the series, including Imperial County's Planning Commission, Imperial County's Board of Supervisor, and the Sierra Club.

The Bolo Station Landfill Project Files highlights the challenges faced by a proposal to ship waste through an existing rail line. It also clearly demonstrates cooperation between corporate entities in pursuing landfill construction. The series is arranged alphabetically and dates from 1994. It includes a final environmental impact report and the Mitigation Monitoring and Compliance Program. The Final Environmental Impact Report contains public and agency comments on the DEIR and the Supplement to the DEIR.

The Jimenez Pit Files document the environmental assessment undertaken at the Jimenez Pit site, submitted as part of the project approval process, and completed in April 1996. It shows the Granite Construction Company's efforts to establish multiple mining operations in Southern California. The series is arranged alphabetically.

Detailed List of Contents

Mesquite Landfill Project Files

Box 1, Folder 1

Arid Operations and Gifts to the County March - August 1992

Box 1, Folder 2

Arid Operations Incorporated Response to Interior Board of Land Appeals Regarding Mesquite Regional Landfill, Auguest 1996 August 1996

Box 1, Folder 3

Arid Operations Incorporated Response to Interior Board of Land Appeals Regarding Mesquite Regional Landfill, Auguest 1996 August 1996

Box 1, Folder 4

Arid Operations Incorporated Response to Interior Board of Land Appeals Regarding Mesquite Regional Landfill, Auguest 1996 August 1996

Box 1, Folder 5

Articles on Landfills by local newspapers 1995

Box 1, Folder 6

Bad Boy Laws June 1990 - October 1992

Box 1, Folder 7

Board of Supervisors Decision September 1995

Box 1, Folder 8

Biological Assessment of Mesquite Mine July 1984

Box 2, Folder 1

Bureau of Land Management April - May 1996

Box 2, Folder 2

Bureau of Land Management Answers to Stay June 1996

Box 2, Folder 3

Bureau of Land Management Appraisal Files March 1994 - November 1994

Box 2, Folder 4

Bureau of Land Management, El Centro Resource Area June - July 1994

Box 2, Folder 5

Bureau of Land Management Hearings August 1996

Box 2, Folder 6

California Integrated Waste Management Board March 1997

Box 2, Folder 7

California Integrated Waste Management Board January 1996

Box 2, Folder 8

California Regional Water Quality Control Board July 1994 - November 1995

Box 2, Folder 9

California Regional Water Quality Control Board November 1995

Box 2, Folder 10

Concerns by Imperial County Citizens and Experts regarding Landfill August 1995

Box 3, Folder 1

Corporate Polluters December 1992 - April 1994

Box 3, Folder 2

Deeds Assessment June 1993 - October 1996

Box 3, Folder 3

Desert Citizens Agaisnt Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Documents, Attachement 1-4L May 1996

Box 3, Folder 4

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 5(a) May 1996

Box 3, Folder 5

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 6 May 1996

Box 3, Folder 6

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 6 May 1996

Box 3, Folder 7

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 7 May 1996

Box 3, Folder 8

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 7 May 1996

Box 3, Folder 9

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 8-9 May 1996

Box 4, Folder 1

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 10-11 May 1996

Box 4, Folder 2

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 12 May 1996

Box 4, Folder 3

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 12 May 1996

Box 4, Folder 4

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 12 May 1996

Box 4, Folder 5

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 13-14 May 1996

Box 4, Folder 6

Desert Citizens Against Pollution versus County of Imperial and Arid Operations Case Cocuments, attachment 15-18 May 1996

Box 4, Folder 7

Deserts Citizens Against Pollution verus Gold Fields July 1997

Box 4, Folder 8

Desert Tortoise Surveys March 1994

Box 4, Folder 9

"Dry Tomb" - Groundwater Quality Problems April 1995

Box 5, Folder 1

"Dry Tomb" Landfills

Box 5, Folder 2

Environmental Impact Report

Box 5, Folder 3

Environmental Impact Report Mesquite Landfill, Section A April 1994

Box 5, Folder 4

Environmental Impact Report Mesquite Landfill, Draft April 1994

Box 6, Folder 1

Environmental Impact Report Mesquite Landfill, section B-C April 1994

Box 6, Folder 2

Environmental Impact Report Mesquite Landfill, section D April 1994

Box 6, Folder 3

Environmetnal Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Report, Final Draft June 1995

Box 7, Folder 1

Environmental Impact Report Mesquite Landfill, section D April 1994

Box 7, Folder 2

Fish and Wildlife Report April 1995

Box 7, Folder 3

Gold Fields Operatin Company Proposal Documents December 1991

Box 7, Folder 4

Guide to Using and Understanding the EIS/EIR Booklet April 1994

Box 7, Folder 5

Host Fees August 1990 - August 1996

Box 7, Folder 6

Land Exchange Protest

Box 7, Folder 7

Land Exchange Protest

Box 7, Folder 8

Landfill cover Material Indentification and Evaluation March 1994

Box 8, Folder 1

Landfill cover Material Indentification and Evaluation March 1994

Box 8, Folder 2

Los Coyotes Landfill

Box 8, Folder 3

Mesquite Comments from others

Box 8, Folder 4

Mesquite Court Decisions

Box 8, Folder 5

Mesquite Landfill Appeals

Box 8, Folder 6

Mesquite Landfill Biological Assessment April 1995

Box 8, Folder 7

Mesquite Landfill case 87141 documents

Box 8, Folder 8

Mesquite Landfill case 87141 documents

Box 9, Folder 1

Mesquite Landfill Correspondence to Board of Supervisors

Box 9, Folder 2

Mesquite Landfill Correspondence to Board of Supervisors

Box 9, Folder 3

Mesquite Mine Biological Assessment November 1991

Box 9, Folder 4

Minute Order Case Number 87141

Box 9, Folder 5

Newspaper Articles

Box 9, Folder 6

Newspaper Articles Regarding Mesquite Landfill

Box 9, Folder 7

Nichols & Gaston Land Appraisal June 1994

Box 9, Folder 8

Performance Standards for Landfill Covers, Task 7 August 1994

Box 9, Folder 9

Performance Standards for Landfill Covers, Task 7 August 1994

Box 10, Folder 1

Protest Appeal

Box 10, Folder 2

Public Records Act Request July 1994

Box 10, Folder 3

Rachel's Hazasdous Waste News Articles April 1991

Box 10, Folder 4

Record of Decision for Mesquite Landfill Documents May 1996

Box 10, Folder 5

Record of Decision on Mesquite Regional Landfill March 1996

Box 10, Folder 6

Republic Imperial Landfill Valuation

Box 10, Folder 7

Response to Public Comments June 1995

Box 11, Folder 1

Risk Assessment

Box 11, Folder 2

Sierra Club Correspondence with Bureau of Land Management

Box 11, Folder 3

Sierra Club Correspondence with Interior Board of Land Appeals

Box 11, Folder 4

Sierra Club documents on Mesquite Landfill

Box 11, Folder 5

Sierra Club documents on Mesquite Landfill

Box 11, Folder 6

Sierra Club Legal Response

Box 11, Folder 7

Sierra Club Protest to Bureau of Land Management April - August 1996

Box 11, Folder 8

Sierra Club Protest to Bureau of Land Management April - August 1996

Box 11, Folder 9

Sierra Club request for supplement to Environmental Impact Report August 1996

Box 11, Folder 10

Solid Waste Workshop for Imperial County Board of Supervisors July 26, 1996

Box 12, Folder 1

Staff Report for the Planning Commission 1995

Box 12, Folder 2

Staff Report for the Planning Commission 1995

Box 12, Folder 3

Staff Report for the Planning Commission 1995

Box 12, Folder 4

Thomas Zale Correspondence August 1995

Box 12, Folder 5

Waste Articles

Box 12, Folder 6

Waste Management Incoorporated Final Report for San Diego Distric Attorney March 1992

Box 12, Folder 7

Western Waste in California

Box 12, Folder 8

Western Waste in Arkansas

Box 12, Folder 9

Wind and Land graphs

Sewage and Sludge Waste Files

Box 13, Folder 1

Article on How Hazardous Waste Becomes Fertilizer, Seattle Times July 1997

Box 13, Folder 2

Articles on Sewage Sludge

Box 13, Folder 3

Articles on Sewage Sludge

Box 13, Folder 4

Articles on Sewage Sludge

Box 13, Folder 5

Articles on Sewage Sludge

Box 13, Folder 6

Articles on Sludge use in Agricultural Operations

Box 13, Folder 7

California Farm Bureau Federation Correspondence

Box 13, Folder 8

California Soil Products Correspondence

Box 13, Folder 9

Citizen Action Guides

Box 14, Folder 1

Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste Convention 1993

Box 14, Folder 2

Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste

Box 14, Folder 3

Citizens Petition against Pima Gro Systems Incorporated May 22, 1996

Box 14, Folder 4

Citizens United for Responsible Environmentalism

Box 14, Folder 5

Coalition for Sludge Education and Sludge Resource People

Box 14, Folder 6

Comparison Compost Standards Octorber 3, 1994

Box 14, Folder 7

Cornell University Sewage Sludge Documents

Box 14, Folder 8

Cornell University Sewage Sludge Documents

Box 14, Folder 9

Correspondence with Imperial County Planning Commission

Box 14, Folder 10

County of Imperial Department of Health Services

Box 14, Folder 11

Dioxins Sludge Radioactive Waste

Box 14, Folder 12

Double Lined Landfills

Box 15, Folder 1

Early Sludge Efforts

Box 15, Folder 2

Environmental Protection Agency: A Plain English Guide to Part 503 Biosolids Rule

Box 15, Folder 3

Environmental Protection Agency: Final Rule on Delay of Complaince and Effective Dates October 1, 1993

Box 15, Folder 4

Environmental Protection Agency: Final Rule on Solid Waste Disposal Facility Criteria, parts 257 and 258 October 9, 1991

Box 15, Folder 5

Environmental Protection Agency: Final Rule on Standards for the Use of Disposal of Sewage Sludge February 19, 1993

Box 15, Folder 6

Environmental Protection Agency: Proposed Rule on Hazardous waste fManagement Systems May 20, 1992

Box 15, Folder 7

Environmental Protection Agency: Rule for Land Disoposal Restrictionsfor Newly Listed Wastes and Hazardous Debris August 18, 1992

Box 15, Folder 8

Environmental Protection Agency Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge February 1993 - February 1994

Box 15, Folder 9

Environmental Regulations and Technology: Control of Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge December 1992

Box 15, Folder 10

Environmental Research Foundation Report on Risk Assessmetn

Box 15, Folder 11

Evidence of the Sludge Danger in the State of Washington

Box 15, Folder 12

G. Fred Lee & Associates overview of landfills and groundwater quality

Box 15, Folder 13

Health and Sludge

Box 15, Folder 14

Heavy Metals and Lead Relation to Sludge

Box 15, Folder 15

Impact of Sludge disposal on human health

Box 16, Folder 1

Impact of Sludge disposal on human health

Box 16, Folder 2

Impact of Sludge disposal on human health and the food chain March 12, 1996

Box 16, Folder 3

Impact of Sludge disposal on human health and the food chain March 12, 1996

Box 16, Folder 4

Imperial County Ordinance 83421(3), Board of Supervisor's Reason

Box 16, Folder 5

Imperial County Planning Department

Box 16, Folder 6

Informational Packet to Torres Martinez

Box 16, Folder 7

La Paz Pact of 1983 and The Border Governor's Conference of 1992 1983 & 1992

Box 16, Folder 8

Land Application of Sewage Sludge by Pima Gro Systems Incorporated January 1996

Box 16, Folder 9

Land Application of Sludge, and Sludge derived products scientific materials, Volume I

Box 16, Folder 10

Land Application of Sludge, and Sludge derived products scientific materials, Volume II

Box 17, Folder 1

Laredo Safety Institute: Sludge Document Review March - April 1996

Box 17, Folder 2

Laredo Safety Institute: Report to National Sludge Rountable on Toxic Sludge being safe for food July 20, 1996

Box 17, Folder 3

Manual of Good Practice for Land Spreading of Sewage Sludge by California Department of Health Services April 1983

Box 17, Folder 4

Mexican Government's Concern Regarding Border Waste Sites

Box 17, Folder 5

Misconceptions Concerning Sludge

Box 17, Folder 6

National Food Processors Association: Regarding Sludge

Box 17, Folder 7

National Resource Council on Use of Reclaimed Water and Sludge in Food Crop Production 1996

Box 17, Folder 8

National Sludge Alliance

Box 17, Folder 9

Pennsylvania State University Report on Criteria and Recommendation for land application of sludge in the Northeast March 1985

Box 17, Folder 10

Pima Gro Conditional Permits

Box 17, Folder 11

Pima Gro's Correspondence Regarding Land Application

Box 18, Folder 1

Pima Gro Land Application of Biosolids

Box 18, Folder 2

Pima Gro's Other Sites

Box 18, Folder 3

Pima Gro Project Description

Box 18, Folder 4

Pima Gro's Response to Public Comments

Box 18, Folder 5

San Diego Distric Attorney Final Report March 1992

Box 18, Folder 6

Sierra Blanca, Texas: Contaminated Sludge

Box 18, Folder 7

Sierra Club's copies of Pima Gro Land Application

Box 18, Folder 8

Sierra Club Correspondence to Imperial County Planning Department

Box 18, Folder 9

Sierra Club Correspondence to Imperial County Planning Department

Box 18, Folder 10

Sierra Club Correspondence with Jeanne Davies

Box 18, Folder 11

Sierral Club oppossition to the land application of sewage sludge

Box 18, Folder 12

Sludge in the Northeast and Midwest

Box 18, Folder 13

Sludge: The Newsletter November 1995 - August 1996

Box 19, Folder 1

State of California Liability at Leaking Waste Sites

Box 19, Folder 2

State Water Resources Control Board on Sludge

Box 19, Folder 3

Raymond Kenard Testimony at the Air Pollution Hearing April 17, 1996

Box 19, Folder 4

Reference Articles on Sludge Use in Agricultural Operations

Box 19, Folder 5

Sierra Club Comments on Sludge

Box 19, Folder 6

Sludge Ordinace by County of Rappahannock, Virginia and Court Decision Upholding

Box 19, Folder 7

Sludge Recycling by Gasification

Box 19, Folder 8

Stanislaus Farm News

Box 19, Folder 9

Toxic Waste and Race in the United States

Box 19, Folder 10

Waste Dumping on Indian Lands, Environmental Injustice

Box 19, Folder 11

Waste Dumping on Indian Lands, Environmental Injustice

Box 19, Folder 12

Waste Not Newsletter October 1988 - July 1992

Box 20, Folder 1

Wheelabrator Appeal 1998

Box 20, Folder 2

Wheelabrator Clean Water Systems Incorporated Comments on Composting Sludge

Box 20, Folder 3

Wheelabrator Project Reports for Imperial County

Eagle Mountain Landfill Files

Box 20, Folder 4

American Lung Association article on the hazards of cement kilns April 1995

Box 20, Folder 5

Appendixes to the Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume I of II July 1991

Box 20, Folder 6

Appendixes to the Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume II of II July 1991

Box 21, Folder 1

Articles on Incinerators

Box 21, Folder 2

Articles on Stability of Landfills

Box 21, Folder 3

Biological Technical Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill Project January 7, 1991

Box 21, Folder 4

California Regional Water Quality Control Board Comments on Eagle Mountain Landfill March 31, 1994

Box 21, Folder 5

California Regional Water Quality Control Board Comments on Eagle Mountain Landfill May 1994

Box 21, Folder 6

Chambers Development Corporation Documents

Box 21, Folder 7

Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes Fact Packet

Box 21, Folder 8

Correspondence to Riverside County Planning Commission opposing Eagle Mountain Landfill

Box 21, Folder 9

Court Decision #662907, Eagle Mountain Landfill

Box 21, Folder 10

Documents of concern over desert landfills

Box 21, Folder 11

Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill July 1996

Box 22, Folder 1

Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill July 1996

Box 22, Folder 2

Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill July 1996

Box 22, Folder 3

Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill July 1996

Box 22, Folder 4

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill July 1991

Box 22, Folder 5

Eagle Mountain Landfill and Recycling Center Project Briefing book January 1997

Box 23, Folder 1

Eagle Mountain Landfill and Recycling Center Project Briefing Book January 1997

Box 23, Folder 2

Eagle Mountain Project Overview and Executive Summary

Box 23, Folder 3

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Eagle Mountian Landfill, Volume I January 1997

Box 23, Folder 4

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Eagle Mountian Landfill, Volume I January 1997

Box 23, Folder 5

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume II January 1997

Box 23, Folder 6

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume II January 1997

Box 23, Folder 7

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume II January 1997

Box 24, Folder 1

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume I of III June 1992

Box 24, Folder 2

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume II of III June 1992

Box 24, Folder 3

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume III of III June 1992

Box 25, Folder 1

G. Fred Lee & Associates response to Environmental Impact Report on proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill

Box 25, Folder 2

Hazardous Waste Incineration and Human Health

Box 25, Folder 3

Information on Cement Kilns and Concrete

Box 25, Folder 4

Montana at Risk Article

Box 25, Folder 5

Napalm Documents from the United States Navy and Sierra Club

Box 25, Folder 6

National Citizens Alliance Packet December 1994

Box 25, Folder 7

National Citizens Alliance Packet February 1995

Box 25, Folder 8

National Citizens Alliance Packet April - May 1995

Box 25, Folder 9

National Citizens Alliance Packet July - August 1994

Box 25, Folder 10

National Citizens Alliance Packet June 1994

Box 25, Folder 11

National Park Service sit tour of Eagle Mountain Project October 25, 1995

Box 26, Folder 1

New York city Comptroller on Incinerators

Box 26, Folder 2

Opposition to Eagle Mountain Landfill

Box 26, Folder 3

Playing with Fire: Hazardous Waste Inceineration by Pat Costner

Box 26, Folder 4

Record of Decision for Eagle Mountain Landfill Project October 1993

Box 26, Folder 5

Sierra Club Comments on cement kilns

Box 26, Folder 6

Sierra Club Comments on tire burning

Box 26, Folder 7

Specific Plan on Eagle Mountain Landfill June 1991

Box 26, Folder 8

Taking Action Against Toxics: Riding your Community of Toxic Threats, principle author Justin Castillo

Box 26, Folder 9

Technical Appendices to Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume I July 1996

Box 26, Folder 10

Technical Appendices to Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume I July 1996

Box 27, Folder 1

Technical Appendices to Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume I July 1996

Box 27, Folder 2

Technical Appendices to Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume I July 1996

Box 27, Folder 3

Technical Appendices to Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume I July 1996

Box 27, Folder 4

Technical Appendices to Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume II July 1996

Box 27, Folder 5

Technical Appendices to Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume II July 1996

Box 27, Folder 6

Technical Appendices to Draft: Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Eagle Mountain Landfill, Volume II July 1996

Box 27, Folder 7

The Desert Protective Council Incorporated Documents

Box 28, Folder 1

Tire Burning Articles

Box 28, Folder 2

Tire Burning Proposals

Box 28, Folder 3

Waste by Rail pertaining to Eagle Mountain Landfill

North County Recycling and Energy Recovery Center Files

Box 28, Folder 4

A Reevaluation of the New York State Department of Health: Health Impact Evaluation of the Westchester and Occidental Incinerators January 1986

Box 28, Folder 5

Addition to Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment of SANDER Site 5 October 1982

Box 28, Folder 6

Analysis of ash from incinerators

Box 28, Folder 7

Articles on Waste

Box 28, Folder 8

City of Los Angeles Executive Summary on Los Angeles City Energy Recovery Project (LANCER). The proposed trash-to-energy plant.

Box 28, Folder 9

Cogeneration and Resource Recovery Permitting Handbook September 1986

Box 28, Folder 10

Community Advisory Commision on trash-to-energy plants in Westchester, New York and Baltimore, Maryland.

Box 29, Folder 1

Concerns over Landfills and their Toxic Emmissions

Box 29, Folder 2

Correspondence to the City of San Diego regarding North County Resource Recovery Center

Box 29, Folder 3

Draft Environmental Impact Report for North County Recycling and Energy Recovery Center May 1984

Box 29, Folder 4

Draft Environmental Impact Report for North County Recycling and Energy Recovery Center May 1984

Box 29, Folder 5

Environmental Defense Fund Report, To Burn or Not to Burn: the Economic Advantages of Recycling over Garbage Incineration for New York City August 1985

Box 29, Folder 6

Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health Services Permit Approval for Ogden Environmetnal Services Incorporated Waste Plant 1987

Box 29, Folder 7

Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health Services Permit Approval for Ogden Environmetnal Services Incorporated Waste Plant 1987

Box 29, Folder 8

Federal Aviation Regulation Part 77: objects affecting navigeble airspace January 1975

Box 29, Folder 9

Finances of Trash Incinerators

Box 29, Folder 10

Hazardous Pollutants in Class II Landfills Report December 1986

Box 29, Folder 11

Imperial County Waste Management Conference November 1987

Box 30, Folder 1

Institure for Local Self-Reliance Report. Resource Recovery State-of-the-art: A Date Pool for Local Decision Makers June 1986

Box 30, Folder 2

Letters to Department of Health Services regarding Ogden Environmetnal Services Incorporated

Box 30, Folder 3

Litigation Documents on the San Diego Energy Recovery Project (SANDER)

Box 30, Folder 4

Ogden Environmental Services Incorporated Notice of Intent Documents

Box 30, Folder 5

Ogden Environmental Services Incorporated Permit Application to Department of Health

Box 30, Folder 6

Ogden Environmental Services Incorporated Permit Application to Department of Health

Box 30, Folder 7

Ogden Environmental Services Incorporated Permit Application to Department of Health

Box 30, Folder 8

Ogden Environmental Services Incorporated Report on Circulating Bed Combustion

Box 30, Folder 9

Ogden Environmental Services Incorporated Statement of Facts for proposed facility in San Diego May 1987

Box 31, Folder 1

Ogden Environmental Services Incorporated Statement of Facts for proposed facility in San Diego May 1987

Box 31, Folder 2

Ogden Environmental Services Incorporated Statement of Facts for proposed facility in San Diego May 1987

Box 31, Folder 3

Ogden Environmental Services Incorporated Statement of Facts for proposed facility in San Diego May 1987

Box 31, Folder 4

Ozone and Smog Reports October 1986

Box 31, Folder 5

Physician Reports on Health Implications of Toxins

Box 31, Folder 6

Physician Reports on Health Implications of Toxins

Box 31, Folder 7

Propaganda in favor of waste to energy recovery 1987

Box 31, Folder 8

Quality of Life Board Minutes

Box 31, Folder 9

Quality of Life Board Report on Solid Waste Management, the SANDER Project, and Alternative Technologies October 1987

Box 31, Folder 10

Reports Against Ogdent Environmental Services Incorporated Hazardous Waste Incinerators

Box 31, Folder 11

Reports on Dioxin and Furan Emissions from Incinerators

Box 32, Folder 1

Response to Application for Certification of San Diego Energy Recovery (SANDER) Project March 1987

Box 32, Folder 2

Richard Chase's Efforts for the North County Resource Recovery Center to be Approved

Box 32, Folder 3

SANDER Project. Mechanical Separation System Feasibility Study Executive Summary November 1985

Box 32, Folder 4

Sierra Club Reports January - July 1987

Box 32, Folder 5

Signal Environmental Systems Incorporated Correspondences

Box 32, Folder 6

State of the World: Realizing Recycling's Potential by Cynthia Pollock 1987

Box 32, Folder 7

Toxic Trash into Energy Articles

Box 32, Folder 8

Waste Articles

Box 32, Folder 9

Waste Composition Study May 1981 - March 1982

Campo Solid Waste Management Project Files

Box 32, Folder 10

Agreement between the Campo Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California

Box 32, Folder 11

Appendices: Final Environmental Impact Statement on Campo Solid Waste Management Project November 1992

Box 32, Folder 12

Appendices: Final Environmental Impact Statement on Campo Solid Waste Management Project November 1992

Box 32, Folder 13

Articles Regarding Landfills

Box 33, Folder 1

Campo Environmental Protection Agency December 1992

Box 33, Folder 2

Campo Environmental Protection Agency Regulation July 1992

Box 33, Folder 3

Campo Environmental Protection Agency Regulation July 1992

Box 33, Folder 4

Campo Landfill Maps and Photos

Box 33, Folder 5

Comments and Responses: Final Environmental Impact Statement on Campo Solid Waste Management Project November 1992

Box 33, Folder 6

Comments and Responses: Final Environmental Impact Statement on Campo Solid Waste Management Project November 1992

Box 33, Folder 7

Comments and Responses: Final Environmental Impact Statement on Campo Solid Waste Management Project November 1992

Box 33, Folder 8

Environmental Protection Agency Approval of Campo Landfill April 1995

Box 33, Folder 9

Environmental Protection Agency Correspondences

Box 33, Folder 10

Final Environmental Impact Statement on Campo Solid Waste Management Project November 1992

Box 33, Folder 11

Final Environmental Impact Statement on Campo Solid Waste Management Project November 1992

Box 34, Folder 1

Litigation Documents regarding Campo Landfill

Box 34, Folder 2

Record of Decision on Campo Waste Management Project February 1993

Box 34, Folder 3

Response to Final Environmental Impact Statement

Box 34, Folder 4

State of Alaska's Comments Opposing EPA's Tentative Determination of Adequacy of the Campo Band of Mission Indians Solid Waste Management Program July 1994

Republic Imperial Landfill Expansion Files

Box 34, Folder 5

Agreement for Conditional Use Permit for Republic Imperial Landfill September 1996

Box 34, Folder 6

Appendices to the Draft Environmental Impact Report for Republic Imperial Landfill April 1996

Box 34, Folder 7

Appendices to the Draft Environmental Impact Report for Republic Imperial Landfill April 1996

Box 34, Folder 8

Appendices to the Draft Environmental Impact Report for Republic Imperial Landfill April 1996

Box 34, Folder 9

Appendices to the Draft Environmental Impact Report for Republic Imperial Landfill April 1996

Box 35, Folder 1

Candidate Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Regarding the Final Environmental Impact Report for Republic Imperial Landfill April 1996

Box 35, Folder 2

Draf Environmental Impact Report Republic Imperial Landfill April 1996

Box 35, Folder 3

Draf Environmental Impact Report Republic Imperial Landfill April 1996

Box 35, Folder 4

Environemental Impact Report on Republic Imperial Landfill Expansion July 1996

Box 35, Folder 5

Triegel & Associates Incorporated Report on Evaluation of Potential Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Landfill Covers April 1994

El Remate, Incorporated Agricultural Project Files

Box 35, Folder 6

Conservation Element, an element of the Imperial County General Plan December 1973

Box 35, Folder 7

Draft Focused Environmental Impact Report, El Remate Incorporated November 1989

Box 35, Folder 8

Draft Focused Environmental Impact Report, El Remate Incorporated November 1989

Box 35, Folder 9

Final Focused Environmental Impact Report, El Remate Incorporated January 1990

Box 36, Folder 1

Final Focused Environmental Impact Report, El Remate Incorporated January 1990

Box 36, Folder 2

Final Focused Environmental Impact Report, El Remate Incorporated January 1990

Box 36, Folder 3

Imperial County Open Space Element Booklet August 1973

Box 36, Folder 4

Imperial County Ultimate Land Use Plan, booklet June 1973

Box 36, Folder 5

Litigation Documents Regarding Ocotillo Community Council and Sierra Club versus Imperial County and El Remate Incorporated

Box 36, Folder 6

Ocotillo Community Council Correspondences to Board of Supervisors March 1990

Box 36, Folder 7

Ocotillo Community Council response to El Remate Incorporated

Box 36, Folder 8

Ocotillo Community Council Response to the Draft Environmental Impact Report by El Remate Incorporated January 1990

Box 36, Folder 9

Public Hearing Board of Supervisors, Ocotillo Community Council Regarding El Remate Incorporated March 20, 1990

Box 36, Folder 10

Public Hearing to Consider Appeal of Conditional Use Permit Request by El Remate Incorporated March 20, 1990

Box 37, Folder 1

Public Hearing to Consider Appeal of Conditional Use Permit Request by El Remate Incorporated March 20, 1990

Box 37, Folder 2

Recommended Acquisition of Private Inholding Planned for Development at Sunrise Butte on Highway 98

Box 37, Folder 3

Report on Imperial County Open Space Zoning/General Plan Problems

Box 37, Folder 4

Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund Incorporated Documents

Box 37, Folder 5

Transcripts: Imperial county Board of Supervisors Public Hearings Regarding El Remate Incorporated March 20, 1990, March 27, 1990, and April 24, 1990

Box 37, Folder 6

Transcripts: Imperial County Planning Commission Public Hearing Regardin El Remate Incorporated February 14, 1990

Box 37, Folder 7

Transcripts: Imperial County Planning Commission Public Hearing Regardin El Remate Incorporated February 14, 1990

Soledad Mountain Project Files

Box 37, Folder 8

Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 2 (Appendices I and II) May 1997

Box 37, Folder 9

Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 3 (Appendices II) May 1997

Box 37, Folder 10

Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 3 (Appendices II) May 1997

Box 38, Folder 1

Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 4 (Appendices IV - VII) May 1997

Box 38, Folder 2

Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 4 (Appendices IV - VII) May 1997

Box 38, Folder 3

Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 4 (Appendices IV - VII) May 1997

Box 38, Folder 4

Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 6 (Appendices IX - XII) May 1997

Box 38, Folder 5

Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 1 September 1997

Box 38, Folder 6

Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 1 September 1997

Box 38, Folder 7

Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Soledad Mountain Project, Volume 7 (Appendix XIII) September 1997

Box 38, Folder 8

Record of Decision by Bureau of Land Management Regarding Soledad Mountain Project November 1997

Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project Files

Box 39, Folder 1

A Community Perspective of Hazardous Waste Planning: A Handbook Describing Opportunitties and Problems Related to Implementation of AB 2948 September 1987

Box 39, Folder 2

Draft Envronmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project March 1997

Box 39, Folder 3

Draft Envronmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project March 1997

Box 39, Folder 4

Draft Envronmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project March 1997

Box 39, Folder 5

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project Ocotober 1997

Box 39, Folder 6

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project October 1997

Box 39, Folder 7

Record of Decision by Bureau of Land Management Regarding Castle Mountain Mine Expansion Project July 1998

White Pit Mining Project Files

Box 40, Folder 1

Draft Environmental Impact Report White Pit December 1997

Box 40, Folder 2

Draft Environmental Impact Report White Pit December 1997

Box 40, Folder 3

Draft Environmental Impact Report White Pit March 1995

Box 40, Folder 4

Draft Environmental Impact Report White Pit March 1995

Box 40, Folder 5

Final Environmental Impact Report White Pit July 1995

Box 40, Folder 6

Final Environmental Impact Report White Pit July 1995

Box 40, Folder 7

Final Environmental Impact Report White Pit CUP/Reclamation Plan August 1998

Box 41, Folder 1

Final Environmental Impact Report White Pit CUP/Reclamation Plan August 1998

Box 41, Folder 2

Final Environmental Impact Report White Pit CUP/Reclamation Plan August 1998

Box 41, Folder 3

Final Environmental Impact Report White Pit CUP/Reclamation Plan August 1998

Box 41, Folder 4

Final Environmental Impact Report White Pit CUP/Reclamation Plan August 1998

Box 41, Folder 5

Imperial County Planning Commission Documents on White Pit Project

Box 41, Folder 6

Imperial County Planning Commission Documents on White Pit Project

Box 41, Folder 7

Imperial County Planning Commission Documents on White Pit Project October 1998

Box 41, Folder 8

Planning Commission Files on White Pit

Box 41, Folder 9

Planning Commission Files on White Pit

Box 41, Folder 10

Planning Commission Letters Regarding White Pit

Box 41, Folder 11

Project Report to the Planning Commission October 1998

Box 41, Folder 12

Project Report to the Planning Commission October 1998

Box 42, Folder 1

Project Report to the Planning Commission October 1998

Box 42, Folder 2

Sierra Club Correspondences with Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors October - December 1998

Box 42, Folder 3

Sierra Club documents regarding White Pit Project

Bolo Station Landfill Files

Box 42, Folder 4