News: Archive
Below are links to press release and articles about environmental enforcement.
December 2007
Pep Boys pays $154,000 for air violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr122707.htm
Wal-Mart pays $250,000 to settle air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr121907.htm
DTSC Investigation Reveals Excessive Lead in Children's
Jewelry
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News_2007_T_23_2007.pdf
ARB Settles with San Joaquin Valley's Todd Plumbing, Inc.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr121107.htm
November 2007
Los Angeles County Sanitation District in Lancaster and
Palmdale Pay $4.75 Million in Water Quality Settlement Agreement
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/lahontan/press/pn_lacsd_112907.pdf
Enforcement Action Taken Against Gas Station for Violating
Environmental Protection Standards
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2007/07_017.pdf
ARB Settles with Waste Management for over $1 million http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr112007.htm
California Department of Toxics Substances Control Fines United Airlines $85,000 for Hazardous Waste Violations http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News_2007_T_22_2007.pdf
Cargill Salt has agreed to pay $228,000 (Mercury News) -- to settle charges that it violated state water pollution laws last year after spilling 218,000 gallons of toxic brine into the marshes along San Francisco Bay near Fremont.
Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos (Times-Standard) -- announced Tuesday that his office is filing a civil complaint against a Santa Rosa-based auto dismantler after oils leaked from its crusher while crushing cars in Rio Dell last year.
October 2007
County gets serious about waste (The Bakersfield Californian) -- In 2000, the Kern County District Attorney's office sued the company for taking in potassium hydrosulfide, a hazardous compound used in connection with oil drilling, without the required permit.
Home Depot agrees to pay $9.9 million to settle suit (Mercury News)-- The settlement is one of the largest of its kind in the United States against a big-box retail store chain for violations of hazardous materials and waste laws and state fire regulations.
U.S. EPA fines frozen vegetable supplier $31,434 over ammonia release violations Pictsweet failed to notify authorities after chemical release (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Region 9)
September 2007
U.S. Imposes Highest Acid Rain Fine Ever (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Energy firm to pay $15 million for Walnut Creek blast that killed 5 (SFGate.com) -- The company will pay a $10 million fine in the criminal case and an additional $5 million to end a related civil prosecution, Deputy District Attorney Lon Wixson said.
Brown, refinery forge green pact (Contra Costa Times.com)-- ConocoPhillips will pay state $10 million to offset emissions from the expansion of its Rodeo.
Boeing pays $471,000 pollution fine (Ventura County Star) -- The Boeing Co. has paid $471,000 for violating pollution standards at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory south of Simi Valley, state regulators announced this week.
August 2007
Air Resources Board Announces $700,000 settlement with
Saleen, Inc., for sale of uncertified cars.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr082207.htm
ARB Settles Periodic Smoke Inspection Program Violations for $321,875.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr081407.htm
Techland Testing Assessed Penalties Of $ 30,000 In Merced And Stanislaus
Counties For Violations In Testing Underground Gasoline Storage Tanks.
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2007/07_013.pdf
June 2007
Air Pollution Control District Enforcement Aids in Obtaining $13 Million
Civil Settlement of Air Violations by Sierra Pacific Industries (Placer
County Air Pollution Control District).
http://www.placer.ca.gov/upload/apc/documents/spisettlement062707.pdf
Man Pleads Guilty To Falsely Assuring Water Was Safe To Drink
(10News.com) -- The plea, according to Deputy District Attorney Karen Doty,
ensures that the 138 customers of the Live Oak Springs water system "have a
clean and safe water source.
http://www.10news.com/news/13575344/detail.html
Ballico tire recycler faces $360,000 fine for permit violations (Modbee.com) -- State regulators are threatening to fine a Ballico tire recycler $360,000 for keeping too many tires at its facility. http://www.modbee.com/local/story/13701683p-14289769c.html
The Air Board’s Enforcement Efforts Stepped Up In 2006.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr061207.htm
Desert Indians' malfeasance lays toxic waste to reservation (ContraCostaTimes)-- Massive amounts of pollution, through air and in ground, litter landscape as tribes dodge reprisal. http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_6108330
Shirley Environmental Testing Assessed penalties of $125,000 for
Violations of Underground Storage Tank Testing.
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2007/07_009.pdf
May 2007
The Shell oil refinery in Martinez has agreed to pay a $2.85 million fine
for spewing 925 tons of carbon monoxide gas into the air during seven days
in March after key pollution control devices broke down.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_5862026
DTSC Takes Enforcement Action Against Romic Environmental Technologies of
East Palo Alto.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2007_T_10_07.pdf
Kinder-Morgan to pay $5.3 million for fuel spills (ContraCostaTimes)--
The owner of a pipeline that spilled nearly 124,000 gallons of diesel fuel
into Suisun Marsh in 2004 has agreed to pay nearly $5.3 million to state and
federal agencies for that and two other spills since, federal officials
announced Monday.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_5950251
Unearthed medical waste may be iceberg's tip (Contra Costa Times) -- "We learned what to look for," said Stephanie Weissman, a Riverside County prosecutor who has taken more than a dozen hospitals to court for improperly dumping medical waste. http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_5837146
Fourth South Bay facility to be cited for medical waste (The
Mercury News) -- A fourth medical facility will be cited for sending
untreated medical waste to a San Jose landfill, just days after similar
citations were sent to three South Bay hospitals, according to landfill and
Santa Clara County officials Tuesday.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5798673?nclick_check=1
Pacific Steel agrees to fine, pollution controls (San Francisco Chronicle) -- Pacific Steel, whose noxious fumes have been drifting over West Berkeley for years, came a step closer to cleaning up its facility Tuesday by settling a lawsuit with the regional air district. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/02/BAGQJPJATJ1.DTL&hw=environment&sn=005&sc=848
April 2007
California Department of Toxic Substances Control Reaches $495,000
Settlement With Defense Industry Manufacturer.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2007_T_07_07.pdf
March 2007
$225,000 Settlement Reached with Liquid Nails Manufacturer.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr033007.htm
DTSC Appoints Gale Filter Deputy Director of the Enforcement and
Emergency Response Program.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2007_T_06_07.pdf
Husqvarna Outdoor Products Settles with ARB for $281,600. http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr031207.htm
February 2007
Lahontan Water Board’s Prosecution Team Proposes a $4 Million Settlement with the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/lahontan/docs/lacsd/lacsd_press_release.pdf
Exxon Mobil and California Department of Toxic Substances Control Settle
Over Hazardous Waste Violations at Los Angeles Region Company Site.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2007_T_04_07.pdf
January 2007
ARB Settles with Cummins Engine Co. for $1.1 million.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr013007.htm
Air Resources Board Settles with West Coast Choppers for $271,250 .
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr012607.htm
$19,216 Settlement Reached with Unlimited Environmental, Incorporated .
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2007_T_02_07.pdf
$910,000 Settlement Reached with CalEnergy Operating Corporation.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2007_T_01.pdf
$19,216 Settlement Reached with Unlimited Environmental, Incorporated. http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2007_T_02_07.pdf
$910,000 Settlement Reached with CalEnergy Operating Corporation. http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2007_T_01.pdf
December 2006
Wastewater treatment operator jailed, fined -- John Ekizian was convicted Wednesday on misdemeanor charges for operating a wastewater treatment plant without a license, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said.
Northern California Tanker pollution indictment -- Two oil tanker crewmen have been charged with falsifying records to conceal dumping of waste oil and sludge in Northern California waters.
November 2006
DPR Wins $689,000 for illegal flea products
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2006/061128.htm
Lahontan Water Board Levies $500,000 fine against Victor Valley
Wastewater Reclamation Authority
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/lahontan/press/victor_valley_nov162006.pdf
Asbestos dust case settled in El Dorado -- Prosecutors have reached a $350,000 settlement with a pair of El Dorado Hills developers and a construction contractor accused of numerous public health offenses in blasting open hillsides that bear a particularly toxic form of asbestos. http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/72508.html
October 2006
Bay Area Ford dealers pay penalties to settle Clean Air Act violations
U.S. EPA settles with Taft, CA company for Clean Water Act violations
Torres Martinez Collaborative
http://www.epa.gov/region09/indian/torres-martinez.html
Settlement reached in release of pesticide -- A company has settled a civil law enforcement action after the illegal release last year of the pesticide chloropicrin, which drifted from strawberry fields into a Salinas neighborhood, prosecutors said Wednesday. http://www.thecalifornian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061012/NEWS01/610120315/1002
$35,240 Order Issued to Crosby & Overton, Inc. http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T_67.pdf
$29,925 Settlement Reached With Service First Environmental http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T_66.pdf
Air Resources Board Settles Diesel Fleet Violations for $181,750 http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr100506.htm
The California Air Resources Board’s Enforcement Efforts Hit Record Highs in 2005 http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr100406.htm
$71,950 Issued to Eurodesign Cabinets, Inc. http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T_65.pdf
Palace Plating Environmental Crimes Task Force Levies Administrative & Criminal Penalties http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T_63.pdf
September 2006
Shell Oil, affiliate agree to upgrade leak sensors -- Shell Oil Co. and a subsidiary will pay $6.5 million in a lawsuit settlement with Riverside County that includes the goal of putting tamper-proof leak sensors in 23 gas stations throughout the county by the end of the year. http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_C_shell04.3a0296e.html
Settlement on alleged environmental violations to cost Archer Daniels Midland $1.35 million -- CHICAGO - Archer Daniels Midland Co. must pay $1.35 million under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resolving allegations that it violated federal clean-air violations, the EPA said Wednesday. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/15679473.htm
Monterey County prosecutors brought the case against Premium Fresh Farms in relation to an Aug. 1, 2005, ammonia release at the company's packing plant in Salinas. http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/living/community/15586387.htm
Owner indicted in asbestos building razing
A Tracy man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of
illegally demolishing a Hayward building filled with asbestos, authorities
said today.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/22/BAGQ5LB11N17.DTL
State Water Board Awards $18 Million for Clean Runoff Projects - Regions 1, 2, 3 http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_021.pdf
State Water Board Awards $18 Million for Clean Runoff Projects - Regions 4, 5, 6 http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_025.pdf
State Water Board Awards $18 Million for Clean Runoff Projects - Regions 7, 8, 9 http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_024.pdf
Lahontan Water Board Prosecution Team Releases Settlement Proposal in
Lake Tahoe Sewage Spill Case
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_rb6_laketahoe.pdf
Consent Order Resolves Crosby & Overton Manifest Violations
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T_53.pdf
August 2006
Consent Order issued for violations at Lawrence Livermore National Lab
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T_52.pdf
Lahontan Water Board Prosecution Team Releases Settlement Proposal in
Lake Tahoe Sewage Spill Case
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_rb6_laketahoe.pdf
State Water Board Awards $75 Million for Clean Water Projects
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_019.pdf
Company Fined $110,000 -- Improper removal and disposal of asbestos at a Seaside job site has resulted in a $110,000 fine for a Pacific Grove construction company. http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/15387071.htm
Water Board Investigation Leads to Arraignment
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_019.pdf
$10,000 Settlement Reached with AX-IT International Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T_49.pdf
$11,000 Settlement Reached with Offshore Crane and Service Company dba
T&T Truck and Crane Service
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T_45.pdf
San Lucas sewage plant operator faces charges for being unlicensed -- John Ekizian, 51, of Santa Cruz allegedly contracted to operate and maintain the San Lucas Water District wastewater treatment plant without obtaining the required plant operator certificate, the state Water Resources Control Board said. http://www.thecalifornian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060817/NEWS01/60817001/1002
Firm fined $735,000 for dredge releases -- Dutra Dredging Co. will pay
$735,000 for illegally releasing dredged material in unapproved ocean areas,
including in marine sanctuary waters, federal officials said Wednesday.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/17/BAG3FKJF721.DTL&hw=environment&sn=001&sc=1000
Water plant accusation leads to arrest -- John Ekizian, 51, was arraigned Tuesday on three misdemeanor charges before Judge Sam Lavorato following an investigation by the state Water Resources Control Board and the District Attorney's office. http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/15293585.htm
Watsonville grower pays $95,000 for Monterey Co. erosion
The Monterey County district attorney's office announced today that a
Watsonville-based grower has agreed to pay approximately $95,000 in
penalties to settle charges of failing to prevent soil erosion.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/15278633.htm
July 2006
Enforcement Order Issued to Intercoastal, LLC http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-42.pdf
DPR finds $34 million in unreported pesticide sales, receives more than $700,000 in penalties http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2006/060725.htm
Settlement Reached With ASE Contracting http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-41.pdf
Settlement Reached With Safety Kleen Systems, Inc. http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-40.pdf
ARB Settles With Amrep, Inc., For $318,622
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr071806.htm
Santa Ana Chrome-plating Company Cited for Hazardous Waste Violations http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-39.pdf
Settlement Reached with Asbury Environmental Services
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T- 38.pdf
Waste Case Settlement Over $500K - City Broke Numerous Health, Safety
Rules (Monterey Herald)
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/15036952.htm
Arrests in Waste-Hauling Sting - Seven Coachella Valley residents have been caught in a sting operation targeting haulers who illegally transport hazardous waste. (The Press Enterprise) http://www.pe.com/localnews/desert/stories/PE_News_Local_R_dwaste06.1eae82d.html
June 2006
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Settlement With Hershey and Mars
Subsidiaries To Reduce Lead In Mexican Candy Popular with Children
Landmark $954,000 Settlement Also Covers Third Major Manufacturer
http://ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php?id=1317
Mexican Candy Makers Will Get The Lead Out (The Orange County Register)
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/homepage/article_1197177.php
DTSC Settlement Will Boost State Fire Marshall’s Efforts To Manage
Illegal Fireworks
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-32.pdf
DTSC Enforcement Action: Order Issued to Romic environmental Technologies
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-30.pdf
$140,000 Order Issued to V-M Enterprises, Inc., dba Crocker Plating Works http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-29.pdf
$299,000 Settles Heavy-Duty Diesel Violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr060906.htm
Purgreen Environmental Fined $18,500 Unable to Transport Hazardous Waste
for at Least Five Years
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-28.pdf
$299,000 Settles Heavy-Duty Diesel Violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr060906.htm
Bay spill nets record fine -- State water regulators have slapped South San Francisco with a $516,000 fine -- the largest water pollution fine ever levied against a Bay Area city -- for repeatedly spilling raw sewage into San Francisco Bay over the past three years. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14768415.htm
Settlement reached over Dodge County tire fire -- A tire recycling company will have to pay about $320,000 in penalties and costs following a massive fire at its Dodge County facility last July, the state's attorney general announced Thursday. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/14771115.htm
DTSC reaches settlement with Lodi Chrome over hazardous waste violations
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-24.pdf
May 2006
Hilmar Cheese Pays $3 Million in Water Quality Settlement Agreement
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_rb5_hilmarsettlement.pdf
$10,000 Settlement Agreement with GATX Rail
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-20.pdf
Department Issues $23,100 Enforcement Order to Jim Arnold dba Purgreen
Environmental and Terry Bissman
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-18.pdf
Fishing companies charged in deaths of harbor animals -- Five fishing companies were charged Tuesday with illegally dumping squid parts and wastewater that contaminated a harbor and killed sharks, stingrays and other sealife at a research institute. (Contra Costa Times.com)
April 2006
Status Report on the Implementation of the Cross-Agency Enforcement Initiative
Central Valley Water Board Executive officer Issues $500,000 Complaint to
JMC Homes for Violations in Rosevilee
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/JMCHomes.pdf
Cities, Counties Target Waste Tires With State Help http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Pressroom/2006/April/11.htm
So. Calif. firm to
pay $5,200 for distributing unregistered pesticide over Internet
Region 9: News Release
Veteran Environmental Enforcer Named State Water Board's New Enforcement
Director
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_007.pdf
Harbor polluter gets jail sentence -- A Crescent City man who pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor count of water pollution was sentenced to 30 days in
jail for pumping diesel fuel and contaminated bilge water into Crescent City
Harbor.
http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3717307
State to Receive $300,000 in Casmalia Resources Settlement http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-13.pdf
DTSC Settles Dispute with Bay Bridge Subcontractor http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-11.pdf
Attorney General Lockyer Files Criminal Charges Against Fuel Tank
Inspectors for Environmental Fraud
Central Valley Company Faked Testing, Submitted False Certificates to Air
Authorities
http://ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php?id=1282
Regional Water Board Approves Tougher Hilmar Settlement http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_rb5s_hilmar2.pdf
Waste Board Assists In Cleaning Up Rural Communities: State Provides Aid
To Target Illegal Dumping
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Pressroom/2006/March/10.htm
ARB Increases Inspections of Waste Collection Vehicles
Trash Trucks Contribute to Dirty Air, Health Problems
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr031606.htm
U.S. Attorney’s Office Indicts Universal Waste Hauler http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-10.pdf
$15,000 Settlement Reached With Atlas Pacific Corporation
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-09.pdf
$50,000 Settlement Agreement With Esparza’s Welding and Machine Shop, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-08.pdf
Judge Affirms Water Boards $62,000 Fines Against Three Water Rights Holders
in Delta
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_005.pdf
DPR Poll Find Strong Enforcement In Key Counties
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2006/060210.htm
Prosecution Team of Regional Water Board Reaches New Tentative Settlement
with Hilmar Cheese
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_rb5_hilmar.pdf
Regional Water Board Collects Fines To Pay For Cleanup – former Stockton
Pacific Enterprises, Samoa Pulp Mill
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/news/060214-pulp-mill-ACLC.pdf
Regional Water Board Collects Fines To Pay For Cleanup - County of Del Norte
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/news/060214-DN-Co-DPW-ACLC.pdf
Regional Water Board Collects Fine To Pay For Cleanups
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_rb1_cleanups.pdf
News Release – January 25, 2006 (RWQCB, Lahonton)
Lahonton Regional Water Board Proposes $500,000 Penalty For April 2005
Sewage Discharge To The Mojave River
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_rb6_mojavervr.pdf
News Release – January 18, 2006 (ARB)
$762,416 Settles Engine Certification Violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr011806.htm
News Release – January 11, 2006 (DTSC)
Tracy Hazardous Waste Transporter Cited for Violations
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-06.pdf
News Release – January 9, 2006 (ARB)
Portable Services Company Settles with Air Resources Board for $100,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr010906.htm
News Release – January 9, 2006 (DTSC)
Settlement Reached with Abatement Services Operations Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-03.pdf
News Release – January 4, 2006 (RWQCB, Central Valley)
Central Valley Water Board Proposes $400,000 Penalty For A San Joaquin
County Gas Station’s Failure To Clean Up Groundwater
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2006/06_rb5_franks_gasstation.pdf
News Release – January 4, 2006 (DTSC)
$20,161 Settlement Reached with Smith Systems Transportation, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-02.pdf
News Release – January 4, 2006 (DTSC)
Asbestos Violator Sentenced to 180 Days in Jail
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2006_T-01.pdf
News Release – December 27, 2005 (DPR)
DPR Collects $1.6 Million In Unpaid Environmental Fees, Penalties
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2005/051227.htm
News Release – December 23, 2005 (North Coast RWQCB)
Former Pulp Mill Owner to Pay Fine in Proposed Settlement of Water and Air
Pollution Violations
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/05_rb1_pulpmill.pdf
News Release – December 22, 2005 (DTSC)
$27,500 Settlement Reached with Havens and Son Trucking
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-74.pdf
News (Oakland Tribune)
AIR quality in the great San Joaquin Valley is an oxymoron
http://insidebayarea.com/search/ci_3333338
News Release - December 21, 2005 (San Francisco Chronicle)
DaimlerChrysler Reaches $94M Settlement
By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Writer
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/12/21/financial/f132438S77.DTL&type=printable
News Release – December 20, 2005 (DTSC)
Orange County Polluter Sentenced to 16 Months in State Prison
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-73.pdf
News Release – December 16, 2005 (ARB)
Attorney General Files $20 Million Complaint Against Yamaha
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr121605.htm
News Release – December 15, 2005 (RWQCB – Lahonton)
Lahontan Regional Water Board Proposes $700,000 Penalty for July's Lake
Tahoe Sewage Spill
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/05_rb6_sewagespill.pdf
News Release – December 9, 2005 (DTSC)
$6,500 Settlement Reached with Dillard Trucking, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-70.pdf
News Release – December 8, 2005 (DTSC)
$200,000 Settlement Reached with Ultima Circuits
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-69.pdf
News Release – December 7, 2005 (DTSC)
Department Issues $14,100 Enforcement Order to GATX Rail
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-68.pdf
News Release – December 7, 2005 (DTSC)
$13,500 Settlement Reached with DeMenno-Kerdoon
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-67.pdf
News Release – November 7, 2005 (DTSC)
$31,000 Settlement Reached with ARC International Corporation
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-62.pdf
News Release - November 18, 2005 (DTSC)
$11,000 Settlement Reached with Olson-Parikh Advanced Solutions, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-63.pdf
New Release – November 29, 2005 (RWQCB)
Regional Water Board Sends Proposed Hilmar Settlement Back To Negotiators
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/05_rb5_hilmar_nov.pdf
News Release – October 31, 2005 (DTSC)
$13,000 Settlement Reached with TSM Recovery & Recycling Company (TSM)
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-59.pdf
News Release – October 27, 2005 (DTSC)
$5,000 Settlement Reached with Palo Alto Unified School District
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-57.pdf
News Release – October 18, 2005 (DTSC)
$10,356 Settlement Reached with All Phase Environmental, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-54.pdf
News Release – October 6, 2005 (DTSC)
$13,000 Settlement Reached with Evergreen Environmental Services
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-52-05.pdf
News Release – October 5, 2005 (DTSC)
$22,500 Settlement Reached with ConocoPhillips
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/NEWS_2005_T-51-05.pdf
News Release – October 3, 2005 (DPR)
Pesticide Enforcement Gets Tougher For Good Reason
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2005/051003.htm
News Release - September 28, 2005 (DTSC)
Criminal Investigation Detects Major Illegal Waste Disposal Operation in the
Antelope Valley
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005-T-50-05.pdf
News Release - September 16, 2005 (DTSC)
State Reaches $55,000 Settlement with Union Pacific and East Carbon
Development Company for Hazardous Waste Violations
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/UPRC/NEWS_2005_T-45-05.pdf
News Release - September 22, 2005 (DTSC)
Department Issues $123,000 Enforcement Order to Lodi Chrome
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/ReggieMason/NEWS_2005_T-47-05.pdf
News Release - August 26, 2005 (North Coast RWQCB)
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board received $60,000 in fines
from Vintage Greens LLC for Construction Storm Water Violations
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/05_rb1_vintagegreens.pdf
News Release – August 17, 2005 (SWRCB)
Underground Storage Tank Facilities Brought Into Compliance By Joint Agency
Investigation
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/05_013.pdf
News Release – August 11, 2005 (SWRCB)
State fines county $574,000 for spills at Cascade Shores
http://www.theunion.com/article/200550811001
News Release - August 11, 2005 SFGate.com
Riverside flood control agency to pay $100,000 toxic waste fine
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/11/state/n035053D95.DTL&hw=Flood+Control&sn=001&sc=1000
News Release – August 5, 2005 (Central Valley RWQCB)
Regional Water Board Approves $7.375 Million Settlement of Groundwater
Pollution Case in Downtown Lodi
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/05_rb5_lodi.pdf
News Release – August 5, 2005 (Central Valley RWQCB)
Water Board Orders Contra Costa Gas Station to Pay $50,000 for Polluting
Groundwater
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/05_rb5_contracosta.pdf
News Release – August 5, 2005 (ARB)
RV Manufacturer and Dealer Settle with the Air Resources Board for Illegal
Sale of Motor Homes
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr080505.htm
News Release – July 29, 2005 (DTSC)
Settlement Reached with JDS Uniphase Corporation
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/JDS_Uniphase/NEWS_2005_T-40-05.pdf
News Release – July 26, 2005 (DTSC)
Third Transporter Operation in 2005 Nets Eight
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-39-05.pdf
News Release - July 14, 2005 - (DTSC)
$50,000 Settlement Reached with the City of Oakland
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Oakland_Fire_Dept/NEWS_2005_T-38-05.pdf
News Release – June 29, 2005 (DTSC)
Bay Area Undercover Operation Nets Nine Law Breakers
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-37-05.pdf
News Article: June 27, 2005
Water Board Says Escondido Developer Has Not Responded to Complaints, By
David Fried, North County Times
News Release: June 24, 2005 (RWQCB, Central Valley Region)
Regional Water Board to Hear Water Pollution Case Against Hilmar Cheese
Company, Inc.
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/05_rb5_hilmar.pdf
News Release: June 9, 2005 (DTSC)
Sting Nets Ten Law Breakers
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-35-05.pdf
News Release: June 3, 2005 (DTSC)
$36,000 Settlement Reached with R Squared Circuits
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/R_Squared_Circuits/NEWS_2005_T-32-05.pdf
News Release - June 1, 2005
D.A. Creates Environmental Unit To Tackle Crimes Mostly Affecting The Poor
http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/news/6963.html
Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee Newsletter, May 2005
http://www.abanet.org/environ/committees/environcrimes/newsletter/may05/envenforcementMay05.pdf
News Release – May 20, 2005 (DTSC)
DTSC Settles Four Hazardous Waste Violation Case in Southern California
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-30-05.pdf
News Release – May 16, 2005 (ARB)
Insecticide Producer Settles with Payment of $100,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr051605.htm
News Article - May 13, 2005
Feeling Flushed in Ferndale, City Faces Up To $193,000 in Wastewater Fines
By John Driscoll, The Eureka Times-Standard
News Article - May 5, 2005
Heavy fine likely for former pulp mill owner By
John Driscoll The Times-Standard
News Release – May 3, 2005 (DTSC)
$27,000 Settlement Reached with Alpert & Alpert Iron and Metal, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-28-05.pdf
News Release – May 2, 2005 (DTSC)
$10,000 Settlement Reached with Environmental Recovery Services, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Environmental_Recovery/NEWS_2005_T-27-05.pdf
News Release – April 29, 2005 (DTSC)
$28,350 Settlement Reached with American Technologies, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/American_Technologies_Inc/NEWS_2005_T-26-05.pdf
News Release – April 28, 2005 (DTSC)
$127,000 Settlement Reached with HME (USA) Incorporated
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/HMR/NEWS_2005_T-25-05.pdf
News Release - April 27, 2005 (DTSC) $400,000 Settlement Reached with SPS Technologies, LLC http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-24-05.pdf
News Release - April 24, 2005
Toxic Polluter Pays $25,000 (The
Sunday Pinnacle) .pdf
News Release - April 19, 2005 (ARB)
Polluters' Lawsuit Has Court
Hearing On Earth Day
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr041905.htm
News Release - April 14, 2005 (DTSC) $27,000 Settlement Reached With Black Oak Industries http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Black_Gold/NEWS_2005_T-20-05.pdf
News Release – April 7, 2005 (DTSC)
$849,500 Settlement Reached with
Romic Environmental Technologies
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Romic/NEWS_2005_T-18-05.pdf
News Release – March 18, 2005 (DTSC)
$30,000 Settlement Reached with Industrial Services Oil Company,
Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/ISOCI/NEWS_2005_T-14-05.pdf
News Release – March 18, 2005 (DTSC)
$12,000 Settlement Reached with Mr. Julio Brincat
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Brincat/NEWS_2005_T-15-05.pdf
News Release – March 21, 2005 (DTSC)
$50,000 Settlement Reached with Mirant Delta , LLC
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-17-05.pdf<
News Release – March 17, 2005
(SWRCB)
Regional Water Board Settles Dry Cleaning Pollution Case
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/rb5_drycleaning.pdf
News Release – March 10, 2005 (SWRCB)
San Diego Regional Water Board Accepts $1.2 Million Settlement for City’s Sewer Spills
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2005/sandiego.pdf
News Release – March 10, 2005 (DTSC)
$12,000 Settlement Reached with Surface Protection Industries Incorporated
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Surface_Protection_Ind_Inc/NEWS_2005_T-13-05.pdf
News Release – March 9, 2005 (DTSC)
$25,000 Settlement Reached with Mel Bernie and Company, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Mel_Bernie/NEWS_2005_T-12-05.pdf
News Release - March 3, 2005
County Sues Kern Dairy Over Wastewater,
Bakersfield Californian .pdf
News Release – March 2, 2005 (DTSC)
$14,000 Settlement Reached with APC Contractor, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-11-05.pdf
News Release – February 23, 2005 (DPR)
DPR Seeks $3 Million in Flea Fines
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2005/050223.htm
New Release – February 23, 2005 (ARB)
Enforcement of Regulation Curtailing Diesel Garbage Truck Emissions Begins
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr022305.htm
Press Advisory – February 23, 2005 (US EPA)
Ship’s Captain Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Justice
http://cfpub.epa.gov/compliance/newsroom/index.cfm?templatePage=5
News Release – February 22, 2005 (US EPA)
U.S. EPA Fines the University of California for Violations of the
Stratospheric Ozone Protection Program
http://cfpub.epa.gov/compliance/newsroom/index.cfm?templatePage=3&yrNews=2005&prevYrMon=02&srchTyp=0&archiveSearch=
News Release – February 16, 2005 (US EPA)
Oil Companies Pay EPA to Settle Santa Monica MTBE Cleanup Cost
Companies Will Pay $1.5 Million; Charnock Sub-Basin Cleanup Still In
Progress
http://cfpub.epa.gov/compliance/newsroom/index.cfm?templatePage=3&yrNews=2005&prevYrMon=02&srchTyp=0&archiveSearch=
News Release – February 14, 2005 (DTSC)
$28,000 Settlement Reached with
Imperial Valley Resources Recovery Company
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Imperial_Valley/NEWS_2005_T-09-05.pdf
News Release – February 3, 2005 (ARB)
Air Quality Regulators Settle with Three California Businesses for Violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr020305.htm
News Release –
January 31, 2005 (ARB)
ARB Begins Enforcement of Idling Vehicle Rule
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr013105.htm
News Release -- January 21, 2005 (DTSC)
$35,800 Settlement Reached with
Southern California Edison, Arizona Pipeline Company and Metalclad
Insulation Corporation
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Metalclad/NEWS_2005_T-08-05.pdf
News Release -- January 20, 2005 (DTSC)
$60,000 Settlement Reached with
Crosby & Overton, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Crosby-Overton/NEWS_2005_T-07-05.pdf
News Release -- January 11, 2005 (DTSC)
Enforcement Order Issued to
Abbott’s Waste Oil Service, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Abbotts/NEWS_2005_T-06-05.pdf
News Release -- January 6, 2005 (DTSC)
$150,000 Settlement Reached with
Moore Agricultural Products Company, Inc
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-04-05.pdf
News Release -- January 6, 2005 (DTSC)
$35,000 Settlement Reached With
Mineral King Minerals, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2005/NEWS_2005_T-03-05.pdf
News Release -- January 6, 2005 (DTSC)
$39,000 Settlement Reached with
Coffman Specialties, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Coffman/NEWS_2005_T-02-05.pdf
News Release -- January 3, 2005
(DTSC)
$22,040 Settlement Reached with Coherent, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Coherent/NEWS_2005_T-01-05.pdf
News Release -- January 3, 2005 (ARB
$500,000 Settles Clean Air
Violations by MOC
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr010305.htm
News Release - December, 21, 2004 (ARB)
$404,500 Settles Violations of Clean Air Regulations for Off-Road Engines
News Release - December 16, 2004 (RWQCB)
Water Pollution
Case Against Sacramento Developer Settled by Regional Water Board and
Department of Fish and Game (.pdf format)
News Release - December 16, 2004 (DTSC)
Owner of Antique Metal Finishing Charged with Toxic Dumping (.pdf
format)
News Release - December 14, 2004 (DTSC)
$68,230 Settlement Reached with San Leandro Dry Cleaning Supplier
Company Cannot Handle Hazardous Waste for Five Years (.pdf format)
News Release - December 13, 2004 (DTSC)
$12,000 Settlement Reached with Crane's Waste Oil, Incorporated (.pdf
format)
News Release - December 10, 2004 (ARB)
ARB
Enforces Software Regulation Upgrade for Big Trucks
News Release - December 9, 2004 (DTSC)
$400,000 Settlement Reached with Filter Recycling Services, Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - December 8, 2004 (SWRCB)
San Diego
Appeals Court Upholds Municipal Storm Water Permit (.pdf format)
News Release - December 6, 2004 (SWRCB)
Federal Court
Sides with San Diego Water Board in Sewage Discharge Case (.pdf format)
News Release - December 2, 2004 (ARB)
Spot
Remover Manufacturer Settles with Payment of $165,00
News Release - December 1, 2004 (ARB)
Three
Motorcycle Distributors Settle $610,000 in Smog Violations
News Release - November 30, 2004 (RWQCB)
Water Board
Fines Mendocino County Landowners $250,000 for Damaging Salmon Habitat
(.pdf format)
News Release - November 19, 2004 (DTSC)
$14,000 Settlement Finalized with Environmental Dynamics, Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - November 18, 2004 (DTSC)
$12,000 Settlement Reached with Cole's Services, Inc. (.pdf format)
News Release - November 16, 2004 (DTSC)
United States Federal Court Rulings Favors DTSC, Neville Chemical to Pay
$1.2 Million (.pdf format)
News Release - November 15, 2004 (DTSC)
$7,000 Settlement Reached with Safety First Mobile Trucking Repair, Inc.
(.pdf format)
News Release - November 2, 2004 (DTSC)
$30,000 Settlement Reached with United Agri Products (.pdf format)
November 14, 2004
County Sues Over Pesticide Incident
News Release - November 4, 2004 (ARB)
Two
Diesel Fleet Companies Settle Emissions Violations
News Release - November 4, 2004 (DTSC)
$275,000 Settlement Reached with J & S Metals, Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - November 2, 2004 (DTSC)
$14,500 Settlement Reached with Thunderbolt Wood Treating Company, Inc. (.pdf
format)
October 2004
News Release - October 27, 2004 (ARB)
Settlement Reached with J and D Auto Repair (.pdf
format)
News Release - October 26, 2004 (DTSC)
$76,508 Settlement Reached with Golden West Oil Co. Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - October 22, 2004 (DTSC)
$10,500 Settlement Reached with Enkay Engineering and Equipment,
Incorporated (.pdf
format)
News Release - October 21, 2004 (DTSC)
$19,000 Settlement Reached with Clean Harbors Los Angeles, LLC (.pdf
format)
News Release - October 19, 2004 (DTSC)
$17,500 Settlement Reached with DeMenno-Kerdoon (.pdf
format)
News Release - October 7, 2004 (DTSC)
$60,000 Settlement Reached with Excello Plating Co., Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - October 7, 2004 (DTSC)
$1,520 Settlement Reached with Enviro-Guard (.pdf
format)
News Release - October 5, 2004 (DTSC)
$235,000 Settlement Reached with Pacific Steel, Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - October 1, 2004 (DTSC)
$8,474 Settlement Reached with S & R Services, Incorporated (.pdf
format)
September 2004
News Release - September 30, 2004 (DTSC)
$27,000 Settlement Reached with Heavenly Valley Limited Partnership (.pdf
format)
News Release - September 29, 2004 (DTSC)
$34,360 Settlement Reached with Hydrochem Industrial Services, Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - September 28, 2004 (DTSC)
$14,500 Settlement Reached with San Joaquin Filter Recycling, LLC. (.pdf
format)
News Release - September 24, 2004 (DTSC)
State Files Complaint Against Pacific Aerospace Services, Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - September 20, 2004 (DTSC)
$820,000 Settlement Reached with Imperial Irrigation District (.pdf
format)
August 2004
News Release - August 31, 2004 (DTSC)
DTSC Issues Enforcement Order Against Golden West Oil Co., Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - August 30, 2004 (DTSC)
$24,000 Settlement Reached with Electro Machine and Engineering, Inc. (.pdf
format)
News Release - August 23, 2004 (DTSC)
$50,000 Settlement Reached with Clearwater Environmental Management, Inc. (.pdf
Format)
News Release - August 17, 2004 (DTSC)
Chief Deputy Director Commends Joint Enforcement Effort: Santa Monica Store
Owner Pleads Guilty to Illegal Discharge (.pdf
Format)
News Release - August 6, 2004 (DTSC)
Department Issues Consent Order To Babcock, Inc. (.pdf
Format)
News Release - August 6, 2004 (SWRCB)
Water Board and U.S.
EPA Settle Sewage Case for $2 Billion for the City of Los Angeles (.pdf
Format)
News Release - August 5, 2004 (DTSC)
$5.925 Million Settlement Reached Over Victor Industries Site In Chico
(.pdf Format)
News Release - August 4, 2004 (DTSC)
$11,000 Settlement Reached with The Ford Store (.pdf Format)
News - Updated August 3, 2004 (Fresno Bee)
Boatyard operator pleads guilty to dumping raw sewage in ocean
News Release - August 3, 2004 (DTSC)
$50,000 Settlement Reached with U.S. Filter Recover Services, Inc. (.pdf
Format)
July 2004
Press Release - July 30, 2004 (CIWMB)
City of McFarland Fined for Inadequate Waste Diversion Efforts
Press Release - July 22, 2004 (DTSC)
$2,000 Settlement Reached with Hole Shot Construction and Environmental,
Inc. (.pdf Format)
News Release - July 20, 2004 (DTSC)
$14,000 Settlement Reached with Kinsbursky Brothers, Incorporated (.pdf
Format)
News Release - July 19, 2004 (DTSC)
$162,500 Settlement Reached with Hightower Plating and Manufacturing Company
(.pdf Format)
News Release - July 8, 2004 (ARB)
Air
Quality Violations: $105,000 in Settlements for Sale of Non-Certified
Products
June 2004
News Release - June 21, 2004 (DTSC)
$8,000 Settlement Reached with Professional Asbestos Removal Corporation
(.pdf Format)
News Release - June 30, 2004 (DTSC)
$10,000 Settlement Reached with U-Pick U-Save (.pdf Format)
News Release: June 21, 2004 (USEPA, Region 9)
U.S. EPA settles case against Richmond facility for toxic releases
News Release: June 9, 2004
(DTSC)
$15,606 Settlement Reached with Industrial Waste Utilization Incorporated
(.pdf Format)
News Release: June 8, 2004
(DTSC)
$50,000 Settlement Reached with P. Kay Metals Incorporated (.pdf Format)
News Release:- June 3, 2004
(DTSC)
$5,000 Settlement Reached with C&L Richardson Transport (.pdf Format)
News Release: June 2, 2004
DTSC Receives Judgement for $61,983 Against American Waste Resources, Inc.
(.pdf Format)
May 2004
News Release: May 21, 2004
$40,000 Settlement Reached with Caspian Incorporated (.pdf Format)
News Release: May 20, 2004
Sting Operation Nets Eight Who Illegally Transported Hazardous Waste
(.pdf Format)
News: May 18, 2004 (The Bakersfield Californian)
County files suit against hotel owners
News Release: May 10, 2004
$4,000 Settlement Reached with Rho-Chem Corporation (.pdf Format)
News Release: May 7, 2004
Eight Wilmington Businesses Charged with
Environmental Violations (.pdf Format)
News Release: May 4, 2004
$175,000 Settlement Reached with Port of San Francisco (.pdf Format)
News Release: May 3, 2004
DTSC Reached Settlement with Alhambra Environmental Services (.pdf
Format)
News Release: April 29, 2004
$33,361 Settlement Reached with Advanced Cleanup Technologies Incorporated
(.pdf Format)
News Release: April 19, 2004
Settlements Reach with Hazardous Waste Haulers (.pdf Format)
News Release: April 21, 2004
Two
Custom Chassis Companies Pay Settlements
News Release: April 21, 2004
Six Transit Agencies Pay Clean Air Violation Fines
News Release: March 31, 2004
Two California Illegal Dump Sites Receive State Cleanup Dollars
New Release: April 7, 2004
$12,000 Settlement Reached with Kern Oil Filter Recycling
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2004/NEWS_2004_T-14-04.pdf
News Release: April 2, 2004
$210,000 Settlement Reached with Southern California Edison Company,
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/San_Onofre/NEWS_2004_T-13-04.pdf
News Release: March 22, 2004
DTSC Announces $1,200,00 Settlement with Aerojet
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Aerojet_Rancho/NEWS_2004_T-12-04.pdf
News Release: March 29, 2004
Air Board Settles Five Enforcement Cases for $154,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr032904.htm
News Release: April 14, 2004
Wal-Mart Pays Settlement for the Sale of Uncertified Small Off-Road
Engines
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr041404.htm
News: Oil tank cleanup firm owner sentenced in fatal blast
The owner of a Washington state company, charged with worker safety
violations in connection with
a fatal 2001 petroleum tank explosion in Chico, drew a one-year jail term
and $1.3 million in court fines Friday.
http://www.chicoer.com/Stories/0,1413,135%7E25088%7E2045096,00.html?search=filter
News: March 10, 2004
California Man Pleads Guilty to
Hazardous Waste Violations
New Release: February 20, 2004
$31,300 Settlement Reached with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/LLNL/NEWS_2004_T-08-04.pdf
News: February 26, 2004
California Woman Sentenced for Environmental Testing
Fraud
News Release: February 17, 2004
Building Materials Manufacturer Pays $350,000 Settlement
News Release: January 21, 2004
Volkswagen Pays $552,500 Settlement
News Release: January 12, 2004
$4,000 Settlement Reached with Ecology Control Industries (PDF Format)
News Release: January 8, 2004
DTSC Takes Legal Action Against Technichem (PDF Format)
News Release: December 19, 2003
$10,000 Settlement Reached with Jordan/Central Implement Company
Los Angeles, CA - December 11, 2003
Hormoz Pourat, vice president of AAD
Distribution and Dry Cleaning Services Inc (PDF, 8 KB)
News Release: November 7, 2003
$10,000 Settlement Reached with Model A Rebuilder
News Release: November 6, 2003
Conair Corporation Settles with payment of $225,000
News Release: November 3, 2003
$425,000 Settlement Reached with Phibro-Tech, Inc.
News Release: October 29, 2003
DTSC Settles Two Hazardous Waste Violation Cases
News Release: October 21, 2003
$405,000 Settlement Reached with Dr. John Alexander
News Release: October 14, 2003
Temporary Restraining Order Obtained on Behalf of DTSC
News Release: September 15, 2003
$400,000
Settlement Reached with Helena Chemical Company
News Release: September 12, 2003
$12,000 Settlement Reached with Pacific Trans Environmental Services
Inc. (PDF Format)
News Release: September 8, 2003
Enforcement Action Settlements Total More Than $200,000
News Release: August 15, 2003
Media Advisory - Cleaner Air at California Schools: Bus Idling
Restrictions Now Enforced
News Release: July 23, 2003
$135,000 Settlement Reached with Econco Broadcast Service, Inc. (PDF)
News Release: July 21, 2003
Mazda of America Agrees to $1 Million Settlement
News Release: July 18, 2003
$30,000 Settlement Reached with Lighting Recycler for Hazardous Waste
Violations (PDF)
News Release: July 16, 2003
District Attorneys Reach $900,000 Settlement
With One Of California’s Largest Grease Hauling Businesses (Adobe
Acrobat, 11 KB)
News Release: June 11, 2003
Car Rental Companies Pay $185,000 in Settlement
News Release: June 3, 2003
DTSC Issues Order for Clean Up of City of Lodi Central Plume Area
News Release: April 15, 2003
$193,715 Settlement Reached with PG&E on Diablo Canyon Power Plant
(Adobe Acrobat)
News: April 10, 2003
DPR proposes new regulations to protect ground water
News Release: April 3, 2003
36,000 Settlement Reached with ConocoPhillips Petroleum for
Bakersfield Site (Adobe Acrobat)
News: April 2, 2003
DPR announces restrictions to protect compost
News Release: March 27, 2003
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation today announced a
farm worker "right-to-know" initiative to help prevent pesticide
injuries in the field. DPR also released a summary of 2001 pesticide
illness reports.
News Release: February 26, 2003
Department Reaches Settlement: Denova Environmental Fined Nearly $2.5
Million for Violations (PDF, DTSC)
News: February 25, 2003
Timber Company Accused of Fraud in Deal to
Save Redwoods
News: February 12, 2003
Kern County District Attorney Settles
Environmental Case For $1.15 Million With VSS Emultech And Quality
Carriers
News Release: February 7, 2003
Recreational Vehicle Manufacturers and Dealers Pay Penalties Totaling
$88,525
News: February 3, 2003
U.S. EPA, Conoco Phillips Settle Right-To-Know Case For $150,975
News Release: January 30, 2003
One of California's Largest
Grease Hauling Businesses Accused of Pollution and Illegal Business
Practices (Adobe Acrobat, 112 KB)
News Release: January 30, 2003
Ford Settles with Air Board: Pays $1.14 Million
News Release: January 23, 2003
L.A. City
Attorney Deploys Environmental Taskforce in Sun Valley (Adobe Acrobat)
News Release: January 17, 2003
New Laws Create "Hazardous Waste of Concern Listing" and Strengthen
Security of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Material Shipments (PDF,
DTSC)
Office of the Governor Press Release: January 9, 2003
State Signs Consent Order to Investigate and Cleanup the ASCON ASCON
Landfill Site
Cal/EPA's Enforcement Progress Report
This report (Adobe
Acrobat, 508 KB) provides information describing the
progress made in environmental enforcement by Cal/EPA and each of
Cal/EPA's Boards and Departments for the years 1999 - 2001. (posted
5/28)
News Release: November 13, 2002
Furniture Polish Manufacturer to Pay $47,500 Settlement
News Release: November 6, 2002
Shelby American Settles with $140,000
News Release: October 21, 2002
CHP Checkpoint Targets Tire Haulers
Equilon Enterprises, LLC, now doing business as the Shell Martinez Refinery, has been prosecuted and sentenced
Contra Costa County, CA - OCTOBER 7, 2002 Contra Costa County District Attorney Gary T. Yancey announced today that Equilon Enterprises, LLC, now doing business as the Shell Martinez Refinery, has been prosecuted and sentenced on misdemeanor charges under the Health and Safety Code arising out of air emission violations in October and December of last year. Equilon was charged with negligently emitting air contaminants on October 14 and October 17, 2001, causing a public nuisance. Equilon was also charged with negligently emitting air contaminants in violation of Bay Area Air Quality Management District regulations on October 12, 15, 16 and December 25 of 2001. Equilon was convicted on its plea to each of the six counts of the criminal complaint.
Equilon will pay a fine of $405,000, the maximum allowed by law. In addition, Equilon will pay the sum of $270,000 to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to be used in a project to benefit air quality in the Martinez and Central Contra Costa County area. For more information, contact Lon Wixson at (925)646-4620. (posted on 11/05)
News Release: September 19, 2002
John Deere Settles with Payment of $200,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr091902.htm
News Release: September 19, 2002
Automotive Coatings Distributor Pays $350,000 Settlement
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr091902b.htm
News Release: August 2, 2002
$115,000 Agreement Reached with Valero Refining Company
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/NewsReleases/2002/NEWS_2002_ValeroAgreement.pdf
Press Release: June 19, 2002
Governor
Davis Announces National Record Breaking $45.8 Million Settlement For
Leaking Gas Station Tanks
Cal/EPA's Enforcement Progress Report
This report (Adobe
Acrobat, 508 KB) provides information describing the
progress made in environmental enforcement by Cal/EPA and each of
Cal/EPA's Boards and Departments for the years 1999 - 2001. (posted
5/28)
Compliance & Enforcement Program, http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Enforcement/
Diane Trujillo-Carrillo, dtrujill@calepa.ca.gov (916) 327-7780
Jami Ferguson, jferguso@calepa.ca.gov (916) 322-2935