Gas-Cleanup System Ordered for Landfill
Air quality officials Wednesday ordered the city of Los Angeles to install a gas-collection system in the Lopez Canyon Landfill by mid-December to siphon off methane gases that carry foul odors into nearby neighborhoods.
If the system is not installed by Dec. 18, the city Bureau of Sanitation would have to close the dump above Lake View Terrace until the work is completed, officials for the South Coast Air Quality Management District said.
“They don’t comply with those conditions, they have to cease and desist,” said Elliott R. Sernel, an AQMD attorney.
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