LA TIMES

“State orders Chiquita Canyon Landfill to take corrective measures or face fines”

“A smoldering chemical reaction brewing deep inside the recently closed Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic now threatens to consume an entire 160-acre canyon of buried waste, endangering a storage area for hazardous liquid waste, according to state officials.

The California Environmental Protection Agency and state Department of Toxic Substances Control say the situation poses "an imminent and substantial danger" to public health and the environment, and ordered the company to take corrective measures or face fines of up to $70,000 daily.”