Lineage says it will spend up to $100 million on Boyle Heights cleanup as air regulators demand action
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Set us as preferred As air quality regulators press for legal action against the operator of a cold storage warehouse that burned in Boyle Heights, Lineage officials say they expect to spend $80 million to $100 million to clean up the site, which contains millions of pounds of rotting meat and has generated thousands of odor complaints.Lineage officials released their cost estimate for cleanup hours before they were scheduled to appear before the South Coast Air Quality Management District Hearing Board on Wednesday.
Among other actions, the board was set to consider demands for a legal order against Lineage that would compel the company to take dozens of additional steps to mitigate the stench and vermin that have been attracted to the site.Since Lineage’s 500,000-square-foot warehouse caught fire June 17, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has received more than 4,000 odor complaints and has issued Lineage at least 20 violation notices for public nuisance.California The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has fined Lineage Logistics for what it called “unsanitary and nuisance” conditions at the company’s fire-damaged Boyle Heights warehouse.On Wednesday, air district attorneys petitioned the agency’s five-member hearing board to approve more than 80 new requirements related to ongoing remediation.
Local regulators are calling for:More than 100 people filled the auditorium at the air district’s headquarters in Diamond Bar to call on the hearing board to adopt these measures and help alleviate the nauseating smells.Residents from across Southeast Los Angeles County said they have been sickened by the constant odor of rotting food.Tiff Sanchez, an organizer with East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, called the fire’s aftermath “a public health catastrophe.”“I am here to ...