Lineage Logistics Responds to South Coast AQMD Order Over Boyle Heights Odor Complaints
The company says cleanup is 90% complete, but the agency has ordered it to correct its figures and reports. The matter remains undecided.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 18, 2026, 3:25 p.m. ET
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Aug 18, 2026, 3:25 p.m. ETFirst report
Regulators Order Cleanup at Lineage Logistics Facility in Boyle Heights
The South Coast Air Quality Management District approved an administrative order containing about 90 legally enforceable conditions to eliminate foul odors originating from millions of pounds of food waste at a Lineage Logistics warehouse in Boyle Heights, Telemundo 52 reported.
Between July 12 and August 5, the agency received more than 4,200 odor complaints linked to the warehouse and issued 25 notices of violation to Lineage Logistics, which operates and leases the building, according to Telemundo 52. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stated that the odors, flies, and rats affecting local residents resulted from negligence by the company.
Under the South Coast AQMD order, the company must expedite the removal of decomposing food and perform pressure washing and disinfection within seven days of removal, Telemundo 52 reported. An executive order from the City of Los Angeles separately established deadlines of August 14 to remove the food waste, 90 days to clear structural debris, and 120 days to obtain final environmental clearance.
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- Imágenes muestran el interior del almacén de Lineage Logistics en Boyle Heightstelemundo52.com
- Lineage revisa sus cifras y afirma que limpieza del almacén está 90% completatelemundo52.com
- Comité impulsa medidas para impedir la reconstrucción del almacén de Boyle Heightstelemundo52.com
- Boyle Heights warehouse bulk food waste removal complete, air quality regulators saynbclosangeles.com
- Concluye retiro masivo de desechos en almacén de Lineage Logistics en Boyle Heightstelemundo52.com
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