Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Potentially Planned Down Time on 10/15/2026 at 7:00am
On Thursday, October 15, 2026, Chiquita may experience potentially planned downtime of Zeeco #1 TOx, Zeeco #6 TOx, Zeeco #7 TOx, Parnel TOx, and Hero TOx at approximately 7:00am for overhead power line modifications. Units will be turned back on using generators during scope of work and will be put back onto utility power once work is complete. Zeeco #7 TOx will remain offline for the duration of work because a generator is not available at its current location. This downtime is anticipated to last for up to 4 hours. Due to this downtime, there may be a possibility of increased odors in the community during the indicated time period.
Under Condition 81 of the 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 continues to work to diligently comply with regulator orders.
