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Please consider the  following Air Reseources Board press release
announcing the recent settlement with several diesel truck fleet
owners who did not comply with state regulations.  You  can
review the release online here:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr031908.htm .
Thank You
Dimitri Stanich
ARB/PIO


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Release 08-20
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19, 2008
	  	  	
Karen Caesar
626-575-6728
www.arb.ca.gov

Air quality violations cost Central Coast businesses $57,500

Companies in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo failed
to test diesel trucks for excess emissions

SACRAMENTO - Marborg Industries, E.J. Harrison and Sons, and the
San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority have settled with the
California Air Resources Board for a combined total of $57,500
for failing to properly inspect their heavy duty diesel vehicle
fleets to assure that state smoke emission requirements had been
met.

"All of us, from individuals to large businesses, must bear some
responsibility for cleaning up our environment," said ARB
Chairman Mary Nichols. "The Air Resources Board believes strong
enforcement is necessary so that regulated entities understand
that violators will not get away with polluting our air."

Santa Barbara-based Marborg Industries, a waste management
service, settled for $26,000, while E.J. Harrison and Sons, a
trash collection company headquartered in Ventura, paid $18,500
to settle and the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority
paid $13,000. All three were cited for violating the state's
Periodic Smoke Inspection Program, which requires that owners of
California-registered truck and bus fleets perform regular
inspections of their vehicles to ensure that their engine
emissions meet state air quality standards. Marborg and Harrison
were also cited for violations of the Solid Waste Collection
Vehicle regulations.

In addition to their payments, the companies have also agreed
follow rules set forth by the smoke inspection program and will
require all fleet staff responsible for compliance with the
ARB's regulations to attend classes conducted by the California
Council on Diesel Education and Technology.

All monies are being paid to the California Air Pollution
Control Fund, which was established to mitigate various sources
of pollution through education and the advancement and use of
cleaner technology. This fund, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, uses compliance settlement fees to support various
pollution-related research projects and related programs.

Diesel exhaust contains a variety of harmful gases and over 40
other known cancer-causing substances. In 1998, California
identified diesel exhaust as a toxic air contaminant based on
its potential to cause cancer, premature death, and other health
problems. People exposed to higher levels of emissions from
diesel-fueled engines are at higher risk for developing cancer.

The Air Resources Board is a department of the California
Environmental Protection Agency. ARB's mission is to promote and
protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through
effective reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and
considering effects on the economy. The ARB oversees all air
pollution control efforts in California to attain and maintain
health based air quality standards.

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