A letter Supervisor Kathryn Barger sent to a landfill executive requested immediate steps be taken to address the impacts on the community members who live near the garbage dump.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger is asking the operators of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, which has been repeatedly cited for health and air quality violations, today to provide relocation assistance services for those who live near the landfill and have been affected by the odors coming from the landfill in Castaic.
Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. EPA joins probe into Chiquita Canyon Landfill smell and violationsA new flare, more vacuum wells, approved for Chiquita Canyon Landfill to prevent noxious odors “We are reviewing the recommendations made by Supervisor Barger and how they can be implemented as part of the overall strategy. We will have more to report on this and other mitigation updates at next week’s Community Advisory Committee meeting,” the statement said.was met with calls to close it from the members of the community who attended a meeting at College of the Canyons Wednesday and recommended more studies to determine if the landfill is a health risk.
The six-week study of the air quality at the landfill collected data from the end of October to the middle of December. The results of the study were similar to the findings shared by the South Coast Hearing Board of the Air Quality Management District in January. Both reports concluded more information was needed to explain what is causing strong, potentially dangerous odors from the landfill.
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