On Friday, June 19, 2026, Chiquita experienced unplanned downtime of Flares 1, 2, and 3, the Hero TOx, and the Zeeco TOx at 2:49 am due to a sitewide power shutdown. Field technicians responded to restart each flare and TOx, and as of 5:59 am, all units except Flare 3 had resumed operation. Individual downtime durations ranged from approximately 1 hour and 2 minutes to 3 hours and 10 minutes. Flare 3 was not restarted because planned maintenance was already scheduled and is expected to resume operation on June 19, 2026, at approximately 9:00 a.m. Due to this downtime, there was 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. Pursuant to Condition 81, Chiquita is also required to notify the community once the gas collection and control equipment has resumed operation.

Chiquita continues to work to diligently comply with regulator orders.