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newsrel -- Antelope Valley Transit fined for air quality violations

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 10:49:34
Diesel fleet owners must maintain documentation of engine
maintenance. 

Release 09-10
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Mary Fricke
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www.arb.ca.gov

Feb. 11, 2009															
Antelope Valley Transit fined for air quality violations

SACRAMENTO:  The Air Resources Board fined a southern California
transit authority $17,500 last month for excessive diesel
emissions and recordkeeping violations.

An ARB investigation showed that Antelope Valley Transit
Authority personnel failed to test, measure, record and maintain
records, and were cited for excess diesel particulate matter
emissions for their fleet. The law requires owners of
California-registered truck and bus fleets to regularly inspect
their vehicles to ensure that their engine emissions meet state
air quality standards.  

"Compliance with emissions recordkeeping and state smoke
emission standards is a key component in cleaning up the air in
California," said ARB Chairman Mary Nichols. "Transit agencies
serve a large number of people who ride the bus every day that
are negatively affected by these harmful emissions."

In January 2009, Antelope Valley Transit Authority agreed to pay
$17,500 in penalties: $13,125 went to the California Air
Pollution Fund that provides funding for projects and research to
improve California's air quality;  $2,187.50 went to the Peralta
Community College District to fund emissions education classes
conducted by participating California community colleges; and the
remaining $2,187.50 went to the California Pollution Control
Financing Authority to fund low-interest loans for owners of
off-road diesel-powered construction vehicles. 

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. New research links vehicle exhaust and lung cancer
mortality in trucking industry workers exposed to diesel and
other types of vehicle emissions with increasing years of work.

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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