Published - September 24, 2024 @ 10:11 AM
Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Unplanned 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 Monday, September 23, 2024, Chiquita experienced unplanned downtime of Flare 3 beginning at 08:18 pm PT due to generator failure. Flare 3 was restarted on Tuesday, September 24 at 9:26 am PT, for a total downtime of approximately 13 hours. Chiquita is not aware of increased odors in the community during this downtime.
On Monday, September 23, 2024, Chiquita also experienced unplanned downtime of Flares 1 and 2 due to high flow. Flare 1 was down for approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes. Flare 2 was down for approximately 5 hours. Chiquita is not aware of increased odors in the community during this downtime.
Chiquita continues to work to diligently comply with regulator orders.
