Published - September 19, 2024 @ 10:42 AM
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.
Chiquita is planning downtime of Flare 2 this Saturday, September 21, 2024, anticipated to occur from approximately 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Chiquita will be preforming routine maintenance on Flare 2. This maintenance will consist of the following activities: burner cleaning and flame arrestor cleaning. Chiquita anticipates that this work will result in an estimated total downtime of up to 9 hours or less.
Chiquita is also planning downtime of the Zeeco TOX this Sunday, September 22, 2024, anticipated to occur from approximately 7:00 am to 12:00 pm. Chiquita will be preforming routine maintenance on the Zeeco TOX. This maintenance will consist of cleaning the flame arrestor. Chiquita anticipates that this work will result in an estimated total downtime of no more than 5 hours.
Chiquita does not anticipate increased odors in the community during this planned downtime. Chiquita continues to work to diligently comply with regulator orders.
