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newsrel -- ARB cites Fresno-based firm $5,500 for diesel emission violations

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 10:59:28
Furniture company fined for diesel emission violations. 

Air Resources Board

Release 09-64
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July, 8, 2009	
CONTACT:	Mary Fricke
(916) 322-2990
www.arb.ca.gov
							
ARB cites Fresno-based firm $5,500 for diesel emission
violations

SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board has fined Home
Design/Lifestyle Furniture of Fresno $5,500 this month for diesel
truck emission violations that occurred in 2007 and 2008.

An ARB fleet audit found that the company had not been annually
inspecting its heavy-duty diesel vehicles, as required by
California law. Not performing the required smoke inspections can
lead to increased cancer-causing diesel emissions. 

"Despite continued air quality improvement in the Valley, the
area still fails to meet federal health standards," said ARB
Chairman Mary D. Nichols. "Cases like this remind us that
everyone needs to do their part to keep harmful emissions down."

As part of the settlement, Home Design must: 
•	Guarantee employees who are responsible for inspecting the
vehicles attend a mandatory California community college training
class on diesel emissions and provide certificates of completion
within one year; 
•	Instruct employees and drivers on ARB’s truck idling
regulations;
•	Ensure that trucks have the most recent low-NOx software
installed;
•	Provide documentation to ARB that the inspections are being
carried out for the next three years; and,
•	Ensure that all diesel trucks are up to federal emissions
standards for the vehicle model year and are properly labeled
with the manufacturer’s factory engine certification label.

The company will pay $5,500 in penalties: $4,125 will go to the
California Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for
projects and research to improve California’s air quality;
$687.50 will go to Peralta Community College District to fund
emission education classes conducted by participating California
community colleges under the California Council for Diesel
Education and Technology; and, the remaining $687.50 will go to
the California Pollution Control Financing Authority.

A decade ago, the ARB listed diesel particulate matter as a
toxic air contaminant in order to protect public health. Exposure
to diesel emissions can increase the risk of asthma, bronchitis
and other respiratory diseases. California has aggressively
worked to cut diesel emissions by cleaning up diesel fuel,
requiring cleaner engines for trucks, buses and off-road
equipment, and limiting unnecessary idling.

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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