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While the order relieves some of the strain on Nunally and Eternal Valley, the general manager explained that it did not necessarily solve the problem as a whole.
“It’s a huge strain on the whole system,” Nunally said. “(The order) does not necessarily speed things up until the very end.”
Nunally went on to describe two main “bottlenecks” that were placing the most strain on Eternal Valley: storage and manpower.
“Our biggest concern right now is just storage,” he said. “There are many cases in hospitals right now that we can not pick up because we just don’t have the space.”
On Sunday, officials with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) issued an Emergency Order to temporarily suspend limits on the number of cremations that can take place each month in Los Angeles County to assist with the backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s astronomically higher than we’ve ever seen,” said Richard Nunally, general manager for Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall, in a previous KHTS story.
The South Coast AQMD issues permits for crematoriums that contain limits on the number of human remains that may be cremated each month, based on potential air quality impacts.
We have put on extra staff. I ve even brought my brother out of retirement, he s a retired embalmer, to come back and help us out.
There s a several week delay on making an arrangement and several weeks out on having a service.
Depending on a family s religion or rituals, they ve asked some if they re open to cremation with a memorial service set for a later date to not overwhelm the system.
On Jan. 17, The South Coast Air Quality Management District even issued an emergency order for crematoriums, allowing them to take care of their backlog, citing that the death toll is more than double pre-pandemic years.