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newsrel -- Rapid Harvest Company fined $16,500 for emissions violations

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 09:56:19
Company improperly inspected vehicles. Air Resources Board

Release 09-10
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE							
February 10, 2010
	
 
CONTACT:Mary Fricke                                        
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www.arb.ca.gov

Rapid Harvest Company fined $16,500 for emissions violations

SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board recently fined
Rapid Harvest Company $16,500 for diesel emissions violations. 

An ARB investigation showed Rapid Harvest, based in Salinas,
Calif., failed to properly inspect their diesel vehicles in 2005.


“There are instances where companies are not aware of ARB’s
requirements,” said ARB Enforcement Chief James Ryden.  “And
while this doesn’t excuse them from complying, any company found
in violation that cooperates to bring its equipment quickly into
compliance scores a victory for public health.” 

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

Rapid Harvest is required to: 
•	Guarantee employees responsible for conducting the inspections
attend a training class on diesel emissions compliance testing
and provide certificates of completion within one year;
•	Provide documentation to ARB that the inspections are being
carried out for the next four years; 
•	Ensure all 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. 

Rapid Harvest agreed to pay $16,500 in penalties: $12,375 will
go to the California Air Pollution Control Fund for projects and
research to improve California's air quality. The remaining
$4,125 will go to the Peralta Community College District to fund
emissions education classes conducted by participating California
community colleges. 

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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