I just drove through Irwindale about an hour ao. The smell of sewage was
awful. Beats me what they are complaining about.


"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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> The San Gabriel Valley Tribune (http://www.sgvtribune.com)
> Sriracha maker said odor problem is fixed; invites Irwindale officials to
> inspect
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> By Lauren Gold, Pasadena Star-News
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> and Sarah Favot, Pasadena Star-News
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> Friday, February 21, 2014
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> IRWINDALE>> Sriracha maker Huy Fong Foods said Friday it remedied an
> alleged odor problem coming from its chili sauce factory, about three
> months after a Superior Court judge ordered changes to be made.
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> CEO David Tran sent a letter to Irwindale’s Community Development Director
> Friday saying he “made improvements to our odor filtering system, and now
> the odor has been controlled.” Tran requested that the city come and
> inspect the changes for themselves.
>
> The city took Huy Fong to Los Angeles County Superior Court in October
> seeking a temporary restraining order against the company because
> residents complained the odors emanating from the Azusa Canyon Road
> factory cause their eyes to burn and coughing fits.
>
> Superior Court Judge Robert H. O’Brien denied the city’s request, which
> would have immediately shutdown operations at the factory in the midst of
> its three-month chili grinding season. In November, O’Brien ordered Huy
> Fong to shutdown operations that caused the smell and immediately make
> changes to mitigate the smell.
>
> Huy Fong’s Executive Operations Officer Donna Lam declined to elaborate on
> the changes Huy Fong has made to the filters, saying she wanted to discuss
> them with the city and then explain further at a planned public hearing at
> Irwindale City Hall on Wednesday. She said she hoped to work with the city
> to put an end to the issue.
>
> City Attorney Fred Galante, who had not yet seen Tran’s letter, said Huy
> Fong did not collaborate with the city on the changes it made to its
> filtration system.
>
> “Our expert could probably not even give us an opinion as to whether that
> system would be effective during the grinding season,” Galante said.
>
> He said the city will go to Huy Fong and see if they will share the
> specifications of its system, so their consultant can make a
> determination.
>
> Galante said the City Council will decide whether or not to hold the
> scheduled public hearing to determine if Huy Fong has created a public
> nuisance or wait to see if the changes Huy Fong has made to the filtration
> system will be effective.
>
> “It’s sort of very late in the process without giving us that prior
> opportunity,” Galante said.
>
> Galante said the city has still continued to receive some odor complaints,
> but calls have subsided since the chili grinding season ended in late
> October.
>
> “We just don’t know, how far does the city want to take this? Is it no
> odor at all?” Lam said. “It’s not fair. One of our workers went out and
> said she smelled dog food, people tell us they smell hops from the Miller
> factory. I’m not sure if it’s just pinpointing us. We are trying to do the
> best we can and we want the city to come and we want to see what their
> opinion is.”
>
> Lam added, “It’s not like David is not doing anything. If it’s still not
> good enough, tell us what to do or give us an opinion at least. You can’t
> go to the hearing and have this preconceived notion based on the
> complaints.”
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