On Thursday, July 16, 2026, and Friday, July 17, 2026, Chiquita experienced three unplanned downtimes of Flare 3 between approximately 6:26 p.m. on July 16 and 3:00 a.m. on July 17 due to flame failure and blower vibration. Following each downtime, Flare 3 was restarted. The three downtime events lasted approximately 1 hour and 28 minutes, 1 hour and 19 minutes, and 1 hour and 8 minutes, respectively. Following the third downtime, Flare 3 resumed operation at approximately 4:08 a.m. Due to these downtimes, 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.