05 February 2014| last updated at 12:37AM

KUALA LUMPUR: RESIDENTS of Taman Wahyu, Kepong are concerned about land-clearing activities taking place at a site next to their homes in Jalan Sibu.

They claimed that the development was being carried out on a landfill next to the Batu and Wahyu retention ponds.

Kepong Community Centre head Yee Poh Ping said residents feared that the site was not suitable for development, and were urging City Hall and the Housing and Local Government Ministry to look into the issue.

"The site where the land-clearing is taking place is a former sand-mining area that has become a landfill. There is bulk and construction waste piled up as high as seven metres. The residents want to know if an environmental study has been done on the land," said Yee.

He urged the authorities to ensure that all the building material and waste were cleared before any development on the site.

When contacted, a Mah Sing Group Bhd spokesman confirmed that the area has been slated for the Lakeville Residence project.

She also clarified that the area was not a landfill, as claimed by the residents, but rather, a brownfield.

"The project is not taking place on a sanitary landfill. The proposed development area sits on a construction landfill that can be easily rehabilitated for development," she said.

A brownfield is a piece of land previously used for industrial or commercial purposes. Such land has the potential to be developed once it is rehabilitated.

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A land-bank bill that would change the way tens of thousands of parcels across the city could be redeveloped is drawing criticism from community groups, who argue the legislation doesn't do enough to include them.

"The community approval process is not clear at all," says Carl Redwood, chairman of the Hill District Consensus Group. "And without full community participation, the land-bank legislation can be a way to fast-track what developers want to do in spite of the community's wishes."

The bill's supporters say the legislation is a work in progress, and say they hope community groups will help craft a mechanism to give themselves influence over the disposition of land in their neighborhoods.

Consternation among some community groups came after Pittsburgh City Councilor Deb Gross introduced legislation Jan. 14 that would create a Pittsburgh land bank an entity separate from city council that would act as a central clearinghouse for blighted, vacant or tax-delinquent properties. Under state law, the land bank would be authorized to expedite the title-clearing process and deal with existing tax liabilities, allowing for more efficient reuse of distressed land.

Gross' legislation gives a seven-member board the authority to decide what happens to property in the land bank. Three of the board's members would be appointed by council; four would be appointed by the mayor.

The legislation currently specifies that the use of land "shall be consistent with the provisions of the City's Comprehensive Plan and any adopted neighborhood plans." Where such plans don't exist, "the Land Bank shall determine that proposed uses are consistent with the goals of the community by consulting with any community groups in the area [as well as] the Department of City Planning, and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh."

Marimba Milliones, president and CEO of the Hill Community Development Corporation, says she's supportive of land banks in theory, but worries about how the land bank will operate in communities that don't have formalized community plans.

"The Hill District has a community plan, but formal codification of that is different," Milliones says, adding that the city has not systematically provided resources for community planning. "[The legislation] has to take into consideration neighborhoods with very large amounts of vacant land like the Hill District and Homewood and parts of the North Side."

Although the bill is at the top of Mayor Bill Peduto's legislative agenda, the community-inclusion process "was one of the things that was intentionally left a little bit vague so we could solicit feedback," says Matthew Barron, Peduto's policy manager. Letting the legislation develop after it is introduced is "not unique to this legislation," he says.

Nate Hanson, Gross' chief of staff, says Gross is open to amendments and will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Thu., Feb. 20, at Pittsburgh City Council chambers, so that "[as] many people who want to speak [will] be able to speak."

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About two miles down the rural highway from Byron and Catherine Peavys house, a bulldozer has been clearing a path in their direction.

At their house, behind an automatic gate with a stenciled sign that shouts: VOLUSIA COUNTY WANTS TO TAKE OUR LAND, the Peavys have been waiting for it to reach their front yard.

Rather, what they thought was their front yard.

The Peavys are two of the latest Florida residents to discover land they believed was theirs has been reserved for government use dating back to the Depression era.

The reason is the Murphy Act, a 1937 bailout program that eventually returned tax-defaulted land to private property owners on a few conditions. Among those conditions: The government could come back and claim strips of those lands to improve or expand roads.

So, 77 years after it passed, the Murphy Act is still working, this time to build a section of the East Central Regional Rail Trail, a 52-mile hiking-biking project that will eventually span the county. In Osteen, people like the Peavys say the law is working against them, taking property they thought they owned free and clear.

Volusia County officials say the law is working on behalf of taxpayers because Murphy reservations belong to everyone, and they spare the millions of dollars governments would otherwise have to pay for miles and miles of road right of way.

Whats right in America today is wrong, and whats wrong is right, Byron Peavy said recently in a living room that has sort of become the Murphy oppositions base. Theyre every bit right to take that land, he said of the countys legal claim. But its wrong to do it.

We have an obligation, with it being available to the public, countered Jerry Brinton, the Volusia County engineer overseeing the project. Wed be criticized if we did anything other than use it for what it was intended for.

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GUA MUSANG, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- More than 200 Orang Asli settlers in Pos Kuala Koh, near the Kuala Koh National Park, here, claim they are facing a serious river pollution problem that has affected their daily lives.

This followed the state government's action of approving land near their settlement for a company to carry out farming activities on the land, causing the river water to be muddy while the land clearing has also destroyed the water catchment area uphill, from where the settlers' water supply comes from.

Pos Kuala Koh tok batin, Hamdan Keladi said the problem had been brought to the attention of various parties including federal and state government leaders but so far, their had been no action.

He feared that if no remedial action was taken, the settlers would face more serious land erosion and river pollution problems while they depended on the river for their daily water supply.

"We really hope the government would take immediate action to prevent large-scale land clearing in the area in order to protect the environment," he told Bernama during a visit to the land clearing site.

Meanwhile, the Department of Environment's Gua Musang branch head, Rohimi Harun who was present during the visit, said it viewed seriously the environmental problem that had affected the lives of the Orang Asli settlers in the area.

He said investigation was being carried out to collect information and evidence of violation of environmental regulations before legal action could be taken against the party responsible.

"The company clearing the land for farming activities had made an application to the department and promised to adhere to the conditions and environmental regulations.

"He have come here to investigate after receiving public complaints on the problem. It appears that the conditions set have been ignored by the company," he added.

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The state environment department said the company clearing the land had ignored their conditions.

GUA MUSANG: More than 200 Orang Asli settlers in Pos Kuala Koh, near the Kuala Koh National Park, here, claim they are facing a serious river pollution problem that has affected their daily lives.

This followed the state governments action of approving land near theirsettlement for a company to carry out farming activities on the land, causingthe river water to be muddy while the land clearing has also destroyed the watercatchment area uphill, from where the settlers water supply comes from.

Pos Kuala Kohs village chief Hamdan Keladi said the problem had been brought to the attention of various parties including federal and state government leadersbut so far, their had been no action.

He feared that if no remedial action was taken, the settlers would face moreserious land erosion and river pollution problems while they depended on theriver for their daily water supply.

We really hope the government would take immediate action to preventlarge-scale land clearing in the area in order to protect the environment, hesaid during a visit to the land clearing site.

Meanwhile, the Department of Environments Gua Musang branch head, RohimiHarun who was present during the visit, said it viewed seriously theenvironmental problem that had affected the lives of the Orang Asli settlers inthe area.

He said investigation was being carried out to collect information andevidence of violation of environmental regulations before legal action could betaken against the party responsible.

The company clearing the land for farming actvities had made an applicationto the department and promised to adhere to the conditions and environmentalregulations.

He have come here to investigate after receiving public complaints on theproblem.

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