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UPDATE: The City of Huntington Beach has rescheduled the next South East Area Committee meeting to 4:30 pm, Wednesday, March 31. The City of Huntington Beach Southeast Area Committee, a three-member subcommittee of the City Council on issues and projects in the southeast area of Huntington Beach, will include an update on the Ascon Landfill Site project. The meeting will be hosted on the Zoom online platform. Visit the City website for more details and for more information contact the City of Huntington Beach, [email protected]

SITEWIDE ACTIVITIES

  • MAINTENANCE: Regular maintenance will be conducted within the Site and around the perimeter fence areas, including onsite activity regarding maintenance of stormwater management measures.

  • SITEWIDE ODOR ASSESSMENT: Field investigations will continue through April, with regular visits by DTSC to observe the work.

    • Work will be conducted between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with personnel arriving earlier.

    You may see: Workers, materials and small equipment needed to conduct soil vapor sampling.

  • PIT F TENT MAINTENANCE AND PREPARATION: Workers are conducting maintenance on the large white tent on the east side of Ascon near Magnolia Street and are installing equipment required for future remedial work inside the tent, such as the air handling and treatment system.

    You may see: Workers, materials and large equipment like manlifts, stormwater management materials and water trucks may be arriving onsite. This includes turning on equipment like the air treatment system for operational checks. You may hear periodic sounds, like vehicle backup signaling required for worker safety, and sounds from air treatment system testing. There is no remedial excavation work occurring during this time.

  • SECURITY: 24-hour onsite security continues. Security are not always visible at the entrance gates. The Ascon security personnel are primarily within the Site conducting daytime and nighttime patrols of the 38-acre property. In addition to 24/7 onsite security, there are regular visits by air quality technicians, Site inspectors and Site maintenance personnel.

  • INSPECTIONS:

    • DTSC continues its ongoing weekly inspections of Ascon.
    • City of Huntington Beach continues its regular stormwater inspections of Ascon.
    • Regular inspection of the “Pit F” tent will be conducted.
    • Regular inspections are conducted by Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District of the onsite detention basins and other areas of the Ascon Site where water may be detained.

  • NEARBY ACTIVITIES: Please note there are activities unrelated to Ascon at the former tank farm property, south of Ascon and adjacent to Magnolia Street.

AIR MONITORING

Air monitoring continues both on the Ascon Site and at community locations. For more information about Ascon’s air monitoring and data sharing, please visit the Actively Monitoring Air Quality page on this website. Data is submitted to DTSC and shared on their online document archive, Envirostor. To view archived air monitoring results posted by DTSC on Envirostor, click on “Community Involvement Documents” and scroll to “Updates and Information.”

SAFETY MESSAGE

Work at Ascon is being conducted under Site safety protocols regarding COVID-19. These practices apply to air quality professionals and other team members who may be outside the fence conducting work. We ask for the community’s support of these safety practices by maintaining physical distancing to allow these professionals to focus on their work and stay safe.

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