As previously noticed, on Thursday, October 8, 2026, Chiquita experienced unplanned downtime of the Parnel TOx at approximately 2:00pm due to a programming issue. The Parnel TOx resumed operation by October 12, 2026, at approximately 11:30am.

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.

Additionally, please note that as of October 10, the Parnel TOx is now a backup unit and will only run as needed. Chiquita will continue to submit downtime notifications for the Parnel TOx pursuant to the Stipulated Order, but please note that backup control units are expected to remain offline for extended periods.

Chiquita continues to work to diligently comply with regulator orders.