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newsrel -- San Bernardino's C.K. Transport and VRGS Trucking Settle with ARB

Posted: 14 Feb 2008 13:11:15
Please consider the following ARB press release announcing a
settlement with San Bernardino's CK Transport and VRGS
Trucking for failure to self inspect their diesel trucks.  You
can as well review the release online here:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr021408c.htm .
Thank You
Dimitri Stanich
ARB/PIO

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Release 08-10
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 14, 2008
	  	  	
Patricia Rey
916-322-2990
www.arb.ca.gov

San Bernardino's C.K. Transport and VRGS Trucking settle with
ARB
Failure to meet state smoke emission standards in diesel truck
fleets costs collectively $8,125 in penalties

SACRAMENTO - C.K Transport of Lucerne Valley and VRGS Trucking
of Fontana recently settled with the California Air Resources
Board for $4,000 and $4,125 respectively for failing to properly
inspect their heavy duty diesel trucks for compliance with the
state's smoke emissions standards.

"Although it's impossible to put a price tag on clean air,
violations such as these cannot go unnoticed," said ARB Chairman
Mary Nichols. "We need to ensure that diesel trucks, a
significant source of smog, are following California standards
to avoid exacerbating the already fouled air in our state and
risking the health of our residents."

As agreed in the settlement, the two companies' staff
responsible for compliance with periodic smoke and heavy duty
diesel vehicle inspection programs is required to attend courses
at the California Council on Diesel Education and Technology.
Further, all their heavy duty commercial vehicle operators shall
comply with the state's idling regulations, supply all smoke
inspection records to ARB for the next several years, and have
properly labeled engines to ensure compliance with the engine
emission certification program regulations.

Diesel particulate matter can increase the number and severity
of asthma attacks, cause or aggravate bronchitis and other lung
diseases, and reduce the body's ability to fight infections.
Statewide in 2006, on-road diesel vehicles produced almost
17,000 tons a day of diesel particulate matter, which is 40
percent of the total emitted in California.

An ARB investigation showed that both C.K. Transport and VRGS
Trucking failed to comply with mandated smoke emission
standards. The ARB's periodic smoke and heavy duty diesel
vehicle inspection programs require annual smoke opacity tests
of California-based fleets. In conjunction with the roadside
smoke inspection program, ARB uses these programs to ensure that
all of California's heavy duty vehicles are properly maintained,
unaltered and free from excessive smoke emissions.

ARB will deposit the penalty payments from both settlements into
the California Air Pollution Control Fund, which was established
to mitigate various sources of pollution through education and
the advancement and use of cleaner technology. This fund uses
compliance settlement fees to fund various pollution-related
research projects and related programs. Also, $1,000 from the
VRGS Trucking's penalty will be directed to the Peralta
Community College District to fund diesel technology education
programs.

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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