Lineage Logistics finishes bulk food removal at burned-out Boyle Heights warehouse
BOYLE HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Lineage Logistics has completed removal of bulk food waste at its burned-out cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights nearly two-and-a-half months after a fire broke out at the facility and raged for days, air quality regulators said Saturday.
"Today, South Coast AQMD's enforcement team was on site at Lineage Logistics in Boyle Heights and confirmed that Lineage has completed removal of the bulk food waste, marking the completion of a major phase of cleanup following weeks of persistent odors impacting surrounding communities,'' the South Coast Air Quality Management District said in a statement Saturday.
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"With all bulk food waste removed, the 7-day clock has started for Lineage to complete final clean-up activities,'' the SCAQMD added.
Lineage had missed key deadlines to remove the food waste, and earlier this week the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved five motions to help the Bureau of Sanitation and city Housing Department respond to the disaster.
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The council's vote came one day after the Planning and Land Use Management Committee recommended that no permits to rebuild or reconstruct the warehouse should be issued, and to increase fines up to $1 million for notices of violations or noncompliance.
These two recommendations are expected to come before the full council for consideration at a future meeting.
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The fire erupted June 17 on the roof of the facility on 1400 S. Los Palos St. More than 85 million pounds of food were being stored at the warehouse, and in the days and weeks following the fire that food began to rot, spreading foul odors through the surrounding community and attracting rats, according to multiple reports.
The company has said that the massive removal process was being conducted around the clock.
"No cleanup of this scale and speed has been executed before, and we have dedicated every available resource to this effort, expecting to spend over $100M on our total cleanup,'' Lineage said earlier this month.
"We are not holding back and will not stop until the job is done. Every worker, contractor, and dollar committed to this site remains fully deployed until this job is finished -- completely, correctly, and to the standard this community deserves.''
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