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newsrel -- City of Camarillo fined $5,250 for air quality violations

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 11:23:39
City fined for failure to to meet the Transit Fleet Vehicle
Requirements and inspection of heavy duty vehicles. 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
					
CONTACT: Karen Caesar
February 17, 2009	
(626)575-6728                                                   
  www.arb.ca.gov

City of Camarillo fined $5,250 for air quality violations 
Money will fund air quality research, education and loan
guarantees

SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board has fined the
city of Camarillo $5,250 for diesel truck inspection violations
in 2006 and 2007.

ARB enforcement teams found that the city of Camarillo failed to
meet the Transit Fleet Vehicle Requirements.  In addition, the
city did not inspect for its heavy-duty vehicles. The law
requires annual smoke tests for diesel fleets and, in conjunction
with ARB’s roadside smoke inspection program, ensures that all
vehicles are properly maintained, tamper-free and free from
excessive smoke. 

“For over a decade now we’ve known that exhaust from diesel
emissions is hazardous to our health," said ARB Chairman Mary
Nichols. “Cities can go a long way in protecting the lungs of
their citizens by regularly inspecting their diesel truck fleets
for excessive smoke emissions.”

As part of the settlement, the city is required to:
•	Guarantee employees responsible for conducting the inspections
attend a training class on diesel emissions compliance testing
and provide certificates of completion within one year; 
•	Provide documentation to ARB that the inspections are being
carried out for the next four years;
•	Ensure all of the city's heavy-duty diesel vehicles have their
software updated with the latest Low-NOx (oxides of nitrogen
emissions) programming;
•	Instruct vehicle operators to comply with the state’s idling
regulations; 
•	Comply with requirements of the fleet rule for transit
agencies 
•	Revise all heavy-duty truck engine software with the latest
Low-NOx (oxides of nitrogen emissions) programming; and,
•	Ensure that all diesel trucks are up to federal emissions
standards for the vehicle model year and are properly labeled
with an emission control label.

The city of Camarillo will pay $5,250 in penalties and $3,937.50
will go to the California Air Pollution Control Fund, providing
funding for projects and research to improve California’s air
quality.  The Peralta Community College District will receive the
$656.25 to fund emissions education classes conducted by
participating California community colleges. The California
Pollution Control Financing Authority will receive the remaining
$656.25 to fund low-interest loans for owners of off-road
diesel-powered construction vehicles.

Emissions from diesel particulate matter are associated with
causing a variety of health effects including premature death and
a number of heart and lung diseases.

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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