Published - November 7, 2024 @ 8:06 AM
Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Planned Down Time
Under the new Condition 81 of the August 27, 2024 Modified Stipulated Order for Abatement in Case No. 6177-4, Chiquita Canyon, LLC (Chiquita) is required to notify the community (i) if any individual control device has downtime which is anticipated to last 30 minutes or more or once any downtime for an individual control device reaches 30 minutes of downtime or (ii) if the downtime of any combination of landfill gas collection equipment results or is planned to result in a reduction of gas flow to control devices by 10% or more and the downtime is anticipated to last 30 minutes or more or once any downtime for such devices reach 30 minutes of downtime.
On Saturday, November 9, 2024, Chiquita plans to perform generator maintenance that will result in downtime of Flares 1-3. This work will not require all three flares to be shutdown at once. Instead, the shutdowns will rotate as the two generators are serviced. It is anticipated that this work will occur from approximately 8am-2pm, for a total duration of up to 6 hours. Chiquita does not anticipate increased odors in the community during this downtime.
Chiquita continues to work to diligently comply with regulator orders.