Environmental
Mar. 3, 2013
Judge rejects LA bid to reduce responsibility for Owens Valley dust
A Fresno federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by the city of Los Angeles to scale back its responsibility to control dust pollution in the Owens Valley.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Fresno federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by the city of Los Angeles to scale back its responsibility to control dust pollution in the Owens Valley.
The city's Department of Water and Power filed the suit after the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District ordered the city take costly new measures to hold down dust in the Owens Lake bed, which dried up a century ago when the city diverted water from the Owens...
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