LOS ANGELES—Following the halting of operations at the troubled Chiquita Canyon Landfill, county supervisors Jan. 7 asked Department of Public Works officials for a report on the financial and operational impacts of the closure.
After thousands of odor and health complaints from Castaic-area residents and community activist groups, the facility’s operators announced last week that they were halting operations at the landfill. Dec. 31 was the final day any solid waste was accepted at the facility.
The landfill’s owners said they would continue to operate the property as they work to control noxious odors that have been emanating from the facility due to what has been described as an underground chemical reaction….