Published - August 30, 2024 @ 6:48 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 its Zeeco thermal oxidizer this Saturday, August 31, 2024, anticipated to occur from approximately 7am to 1pm (for a total duration of up to 6 hours). Chiquita will also be conducting generator servicing at the flare station, which may impact the operation of Flares 1 through 3 for up to approximately 45 minutes each. During this planned downtime, Chiquita does not anticipate increased odors in the community.
Chiquita continues to work to diligently comply with regulator orders.
