On Saturday, October 24, 2026, Chiquita experienced unplanned downtime of Flare 2 at approximately 10:30pm due to flame failure. Flare 2 resumed operation at approximately 11:20pm but experienced another brief downtime at approximately 11:56pm, which lasted less than 30 minutes. On October 25, 2026, Flare 2 experienced another unplanned downtime at approximately 5:16am. This downtime is anticipated to last up to approximately 5 hours and 44 minutes. 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.