LAist

“EPA Landfill Orders”

“Federal authorities have ordered Chiquita Canyon landfill operators to take measures to protect health and environmental concerns arising from a heat smoldering event happening in an old part of the landfill. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants the waste management company to mitigate the impacts of the smell – described as a “sour milk rotting,” “sweet rotting fruit” and “rotten egg” smell – and to either stop or reduce the burning event.”