ARB Settles Air Quality Violations for the Month of April

Date

June 5, 1999

Release Number

99-19

Contacts

Richard Varenchik

Public Information Office

(916) 322-2990

SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board (ARB) today announced three settlements have been reached involving companies that violated California's air quality regulations. The specifics of each case are as follows:

Company: Los Gatos Auto Mall, Los Gatos, California
Violation: Offered for sale non-California certified motor vehicles to California residents.
When: December 4, 1997
Settlement: $10,500

Company: G.P. Resources, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, California
Violation: Offered for sale or sold vehicular diesel fuel with aromatic hydrocarbon limits above the ARB's standard.
When: June 26, 1998
Settlement: $1,000

Company: Pacific Atlas Oil, Inc., Monrovia, California and its subsidiary, Paramount Services, Paramount, California
Violation: Sold or offered for sale gasoline with a Reid Vapor Pressure that exceeded state standards.
When: April, 1998
Settlement: $1,000

CARB'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 CARB oversees all air pollution control efforts in California to attain and maintain health based air quality standards.