STOP THE TRUCKS: County CEO Finds Ozena Violations Greater Than Reported
In a letter to the Ojai "Stop the Trucks" Coalition, Ventura County CEO, Ms. Marty Robinson, wrote: "After the CEO's office reviewed the July and August 2007 weigh tickets tickets communicated by the RMA" (Resource Management Agency) "a statistically significant sampling of the 649 original tickets was conducted by our office and it was determined that potential northbound violations were omitted from consideration by the Planning Division. If these potential northbound violations had been included , the number of violations would have been materially higher..."
"Stop the Trucks" had previously reported that upwards of 55% of all Ozena related trips through the Ojai Valley were likely in violation of these rules.
A double hopper gravel truck passes by Nordhoff High school, credit to Rob Varela and the VC Star
CEO Robinson went on to say that: "Planning staff has been apprised of this finding and are clear that future reviews need to be accurate, including both northbound and southbound traffic to the mine..."
"Additionally, we requested the Planning Division conduct a full month sampling of current year weigh tickets... Should this future sampling establish the existence of permit violations, further enforcement actions as prescribed by the Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinance will be considered by the Planning Director.
The County will provide your organization with the results of that weigh ticket evaluation upon completion."
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