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EDCO Disposal Corporation failed to perform annual smoke
inspection test on some of its diesel trucks. 

NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Release 09-96
October 26, 2009 

Karen Caesar
(626) 575-6728 
www.arb.ca.gov 

Southern California disposal company fined $219,500 for
emissions violations 

SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board fined waste
removal company EDCO Disposal Corporation $219,500 last month for
emissions violations during 2005 and 2006.

An ARB investigation showed Southern California based, EDCO was
in compliance with the state's trash truck emissions rule, but
had failed to perform the annual smoke inspection test on some of
its diesel trucks as required by law at its Agua Mansa, Armour,
Buena Park, Escondido, Fallbrook, Federal, Long Beach, Ramona and
San Marcos facilities.

''Companies that routinely inspect their diesel fleet help
improve the air quality and overall public health of their
community," said ARB Chairman Mary D. Nichols. 

The law requires owners of California-registered truck fleets to
regularly inspect their vehicles to ensure that their engine
emissions meet state air quality regulations. 

As part of the settlement, EDCO Disposal is required to: 

Guarantee employees responsible for conducting the inspections
attend a California Community College training class on diesel
emissions compliance testing and provide certificates of
completion within one year; 
Provide documentation to ARB that timely inspections are being
carried out for the next four years; 
Ensure all applicable 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; and, 
Ensure all diesel truck engines are up to federal emissions
standards for the vehicle model year and are properly labeled
with an emission control certification label. 

EDCO Disposal paid $219,500 in penalties: $164,812.50 went to
the California Air Pollution Control Fund for projects and
research to improve California's air quality. The Peralta
Community College District received $27,468.75 to fund emissions
education classes conducted by participating California community
colleges. The remaining $27,468.75 went to the California
Pollution Control Financing Authority which guarantees loans to
off-road vehicle fleets that need to buy exhaust retrofits to
comply with state regulations.

Diesel exhaust contains a variety of harmful gases and over 40
other known cancer-causing compounds. In 1998, California
identified diesel particulate matter as a toxic air contaminant
based on its potential to cause cancer, premature death and other
health problems.


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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