Local News in Brief : Plan OKd to Control Methane Emissions
A plan to spend as much as $5 million to control potentially explosive emissions of methane gas at the Scholl Canyon Golf and Tennis Complex was approved Tuesday by the Glendale City Council.
City officials ordered the facility closed last month after tests found that methane was leaking from the inactive landfill underneath the site and that a system to collect the gas was not functioning properly.
The plan to repair the system calls for new gas collection lines, gas wells and the placement of additional cover material on the site. Construction may begin as early as March and may be completed in August, according to Kerry Morford, the city’s assistant public works director.
No date has been set for reopening the complex, Morford said.
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