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newsrel -- Fontana company fined $22,875 for emissions violations

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:00:17
Dispatch Transportation, Inc, failed to conduct diesel truck
smoke tests.

Air Resources Board

Release 09-69
July 28, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE				
CONTACT:	Karen Caesar
(626) 575-6728
www.arb.ca.gov
							
Fontana company fined $22,875 for emissions violations

SACRAMENTO –  The California Air Resources Board last week fined
a Fontana, Calif. heavy-duty diesel fleet $22,875 for failing to
inspect its diesel trucks for compliance with the state’s smoke
emissions standards.

ARB investigators found that Dispatch Transportation, Inc.,
failed to conduct diesel truck smoke tests in 2007 and 2008, as
required by state law.  

“To be competitive in today’s economy, being a green business is
essential,” said ARB Chairman Mary D. Nichols.  “Proprietors who
think business-as-usual means bypassing California clean air laws
are making a reputation as dirty dealers.”

Under the penalty, Dispatch Transportation must:

•	Ensure that staff responsible for compliance with the diesel
truck emission inspection program attend diesel education courses
and provide certificates of completion within one year; 
•	Instruct vehicle operators to comply with the state’s idling
regulations;
•	Complete heavy-duty diesel engine software and control
technology upgrades in compliance with regulations;
•	Supply all smoke inspection records to ARB for the next four
years; and,
•	Properly label engines to ensure compliance with the engine
emissions certification program regulations.

The California Air Pollution Control Fund, established to
mitigate various sources of pollution through education and the
advancement and use of cleaner technology, will receive
$17,156.25; $2,859.37 will go to the Peralta Community College
District to fund diesel education classes; and, the remaining
$2,859.38 to the California Air Pollution Control Financing
Authority.  

Failure to inspect diesel vehicles can lead to an increase in
harmful airborne particles that Californians breathe. In 1998,
the ARB listed diesel particulate matter as a toxic air
contaminant in order to protect public health. Exposure to unsafe
levels of diesel emissions can increase the risk of asthma,
bronchitis and other respiratory 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.

The energy challenge facing California is real. Every
Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy
consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and
cut your energy cost, see our web site at http://www.arb.ca.gov

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