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newsrel -- Modesto company pays $23,000 for emissions violations

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 11:48:06
SMART Refrigerated Transport failed to properly inspect their
diesel vehicles in 2008. 

Air Resources Board

Release 09-24
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2010	
							
CONTACT: Mary Fricke
(916) 322-2990
www.arb.ca.gov

Modesto company pays $23,000 for emissions violations

SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board settled with
SMART Refrigerated Transport for $23,000 this month for diesel
emissions violations at its Modesto, Calif. facility.

An ARB investigation showed SMART Refrigerated Transport failed
to properly inspect their diesel vehicles in 2008. 

"Diesel exhaust is the most common air toxic pollutant in
California and is a serious hazard to public health," said ARB
Enforcement Chief James Ryden. “ARB enforcement staff offer
training to company employees who need current information on
clean-air requirements.”

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.

SMART Refrigerated Transport 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 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 other applicable 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. 

SMART Refrigerated Transport paid $23,000 in penalties: $17,250
went to the California Air Pollution Control Fund for projects
and research to improve California's air quality. The Peralta
Community College District received $5,750 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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