The South Coast Air Quality Management District is considering pausing operations in the morning at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill near Castaic and will discuss…
The Chiquita Canyon Landfill operators were notified in June they were in violation of the federal Clean Air Act by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.The South Coast Air Quality Management District is considering pausing operations in the morning at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill near Castaic and will discuss at a hearing Tuesday making modifications to the order of abatement issued to the operators of the landfill in September.
Kathryn Roberts, senior deputy director counsel for the AQMD, presented a status report at the hearing in Valencia. In it, she reported the landfill is behind schedule in its following of the order of abatement issued in September.“The overall status at this time, following up to 11 months of the abatement order, is that there has been no meaningful improvement to the odors,” Roberts said.
“Chiquita, its experts and the district have learned there is no simple way to slow and stop ETLFs,'' Morgan said in Chiquita Canyon's opening statement. “If there were, Chiquita would be doing it.”Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.The Chiquita Canyon Landfill operators were notified in June they were in violation of the federal Clean Air Act by the U.
The landfill was also in violation of its operating permit by emitting high levels of toxic gasses such as benzene and volatile organic compounds that are known to create smog and contribute to the formation of the ozone, which can cause lung damage.
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