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City staff: AQMD logged about 19 odor complaints at Hyperion; notice of violation issued Feb. 14
Summary
A city staff member reported the South Coast Air Quality Management District received roughly 19 odor complaints about Hyperion in the past two weeks and issued a notice of violation Feb. 14; staff said they are drafting a letter ahead of the next board hearing in August asking that abatement orders be continued.
A city staff member reported that the South Coast Air Quality Management District, or AQMD, received approximately 19 odor complaints about Hyperion over the last two weeks and issued a notice of violation on Feb. 14 related to odors.
The staff member said the agency’s activity made for “a quiet couple [of] weeks” at Hyperion and added that city staff are drafting a letter to be sent before the next AQMD board hearing. “We are drafting a letter in anticipation of the next board hearing, which isn’t until August,” the staff member said, and added the city will “certainly get a letter out again asking them to continue the abatement orders at that time.”
The details reported were limited to the complaint count, the Feb. 14 notice of violation, and the planned letter; no vote or formal council action was recorded in the meeting transcript. The staff member did not specify the exact source(s) of the complaints or identify individual complainants, nor did they provide the statutory basis of the notice of violation beyond naming AQMD.
The planned correspondence is a staff action rather than a formal board vote. The staff member indicated the letter is preparatory to the next AQMD board hearing in August and is intended to ask AQMD to continue abatement orders related to the odors at Hyperion.
No additional enforcement steps, penalty amounts, or timelines beyond the Feb. 14 notice and the August hearing were provided during the remarks. The transcript did not record any questions from elected officials or a motion directing staff to take further action.
City staff and AQMD are the actors mentioned; the transcript excerpt does not identify the name or title of the staff member who spoke beyond the generic identification used here.
