As of January 1, 2025, Chiquita Canyon Landfill is closed for the acceptance of waste. Chiquita Canyon, LLC will continue to manage the landfill, including addressing the elevated temperature landfill event that is affecting the northwest corner of the landfill, as well as closure and post-closure activities. While active waste disposal operations have closed, we remain committed to working with federal, state and local regulators on the ongoing reaction mitigation efforts.
Statement Regarding LA County Lawsuit The Following is a statement issued by Chiquita Canyon: “Any suggestion that Chiquita Canyon has not been proactive and supportive of our neighbors while we’ve been working under the direction of Federal, State and Local regulatory agencies to mitigate the elevated temperature landfill event is wrong and irresponsible. For example,…
Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Planned Down Time on 12/16/2024 Starting at 8am On Monday, December 16, 2024, Chiquita plans to perform service on various pieces of equipment, which may result in downtime of the Zeeco thermal oxidizer and Flares 2 and 3, as described in more detail below. This work will not…
Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Unplanned Down Time on 12/13/2024 at 4:12pm On Friday, December 13, 2024, Chiquita experienced an unplanned downtime of Flares 1, 2, and 3 due to needing to swap to an upsized generator to support the power demand associated with ongoing electrical work. Flares 1, 2, and 3 were…
Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Unplanned Down Time on 12/10/2024 at 11:31am On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, Chiquita experienced unplanned downtime of the Zeeco thermal oxidizer due to a failure of the gas vapor blower. The Zeeco thermal oxidizer was down for approximately 39 minutes, from 11:31am to 12:10pm. Due to this downtime, there…
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