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.
Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Unplanned Down Time on 1/13/2025 at 2:54am On Monday, January 13, 2025, Chiquita experienced unplanned downtime of Flare 1 because of a suspected flame failure due to high flow. Flare 1 was down for approximately 2 hours. Due to this downtime, there is a possibility of increased odors…
Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Unplanned Down Time on 1/10/2025 at 5:35am On Friday, January 10, 2025, Chiquita experienced unplanned downtime of Flares 1, 2, and 3 and the Zeeco thermal oxidizer upon restoration of power after completion of Southern California Edison’s Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event. Flare 3 successfully restarted in…
Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Unplanned Down Time on 1/09/2025 at 7:45am On Thursday, January 9, 2025, Chiquita experienced unplanned downtime of Flare 2 to perform an inspection of the flare stack for integrity of the steel shell. Chiquita estimates that this downtime will last for approximately 6 hours. Due to this downtime,…
Alert: Landfill Gas Collection and Control Equipment Unplanned Down Time on 1/7/2025 at 12:08pm On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, Chiquita experienced unplanned downtime of Flares 1, 2, and 3 and the Zeeco thermal oxidizer due to a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event conducted by Southern California Edison. Chiquita is in the process of restarting…
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