News: Archive

Below are links to press release and articles about environmental enforcement.

November 2010

Irwindale wire manufacturer pleads guilty to criminal wastewater discharge
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/2dd7f669225439b78525735900400c31/4333810b2f5010ee852577d700686cdf!OpenDocument

October 2010

State Fines Rancho Cordova Company $600,000 for Endangering the Environment
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News-Release-T-15-10.pdf

DTSC Orders Kettleman Facility to Clean Up PCB Contamination
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News-Release-T-13-10.pdf

Judge Says Merced cement firm had illegal paint shop
Merced Sun-Star

August 2010

DPR Announces Settlement for Importing Produce with Illegal Pesticide Residues into California
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2010/100805.htm

DTSC Announces Arrests in Major E-Waste Fraud Case
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News-Release-T-07-10.pdf

July 2010

DPR Announces Settlement for Illegal Sale and Use of Agricultural Chlorine Gas
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2010/100630.htm

ARB settles air quality violations with Pennsylvania company for $2 million
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=144

Over $100,000 in settlement funds go to community colleges, clean-air fund
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=143

June 2010

Brown Cracks Down on the Sale of Jewelry Mad of Highly Toxic Lead
http://ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php?id=1942

DPR Announces Settlement for Illegal Sale and Use of Agricultural Chlorine Gas
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2010/100630.htm

Over $40,000 in settlement funds go to community colleges, clean air fund.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr061610.htm

ARB settles with Pep Boys for $170,000 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr061610b.htm

Judgment Entered Against Franzen-Hill Corporation for Unlicensed Work at Gas Stations
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2010/pr060310.pdf

May 2010

Over $86,000 in settlement funds go to community colleges, clean-air fund
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr051910.htm

ARB settles air quality violations with Massachusetts company for $55,500
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr051910b.htm

Lawsuit Filed Against TravelCenters Gas Stations for Violations of Leak Prevention Requirements for Underground Storage Tanks
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2010/pr051310.pdf

Attorney General’s Agents Arrest 31 People in Recycling Fraud Rings That Stole $3.5 Million Worth of Cans and Bottles
http://ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php?id=1912&

April 2010

Cleaning Solvent Distributor To Pay $12 Million For Unlawful Business Practices And $3 Million For Polluting Southern California Air With 30 Times The Legal Limit Of Smog-Producing Chemicals
http://orangecountyda.com/home/index.asp?page=8&recordid=1781&returnurl=index%2Easp%3Fpage%3D8%26pagenumber%3D3%26pagesize%3D12%26deptid%3D%26archive%3D0%26sl%5Fmonth%3D1

Judge Entered Against Big Oil and Tire Company for Underground Tank Violations in Huboldt
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2010/pr040610.pdf

Big Oil & Tire to pay $1.1 million in tank fines
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14828190

Big Oil & Tire to pay $1.1 million in tank fines
http://www.times-standard.com/ci_14828190?source=most_viewed

Humboldt County District Attorney's Office, in cooperation with the California Attorney General's Office and the State Water Resources Control Board Obtain One Million and One Hundred Thousand Dollar Judgment Against Big Oil & Tire, Co.
http://co.humboldt.ca.us/distatty/pdf/BigOil.pdf

March 2010

West Sacramento company settles with ARB for $32,550 for diesel emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr033010.html

$1.2 Million Judgment entered against E2C Remediation in Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Fraud Case
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2010/pr_e2c031116.pdf

San Bernardino County Sun: Two importers of motorcycles, ATVs arrested - Mike Cruz, Staff Writer
http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_14659123?source=email

$15,000 settles emissions violations
Inland Empire--based company fails to inspect its trucks
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr030410.htm

February 2010

Napa Company fined $14,400 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr022410b.htm

Long Beach company fined $31,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr022410.htm

Petaluma company fined $20,000 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr021710.htm

Chemical Transfer Company fined $6,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr021110.htm

Unilever parent company pays $1.3 million for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr021010b.htm

Rapid Harvest Company fined $16,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr021010.htm

January 2010

Newman company fined $37,000 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr011310d.htm

San Bernardino County waste hauler fined $307,200 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr011310c.htm

Landmark Enforcement Action Taken against the City of Long Beach for Extensive Violations of Environmental Protection Standards http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2010/pr_012610.pdf

December 2009

General Produce Company fined $30,900 for reporting violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr122209.htm

ARB settles with the Chrysler Group for $37,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr122109.htm

Target Corporation fined $500,000, for clean air violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr121609.htm

November 2009

Kern County company fined $14,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr113009.htm  

Telecommunications contractor fined $19,800 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr112409.htm  

ARB reaches agreement with diesel parts manufacturer regarding sales and labeling violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr111709.htm  

Tehama County commercial recycler fined $7,950 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr111609.htm  

Santa Maria Company fined $21,675 for emissions violations at Salinas Terminal
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr110909.htm

October 2009

Southern California disposal company fined $219,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr102609.htm
 
Southern California waste hauler fined $500,000 for diesel violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr102309.htm

Humboldt Transit Authority fined $24,000 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr100809.htm  

City of Ventura fined $8,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr101209.htm  

Pacific Petroleum fined $21,000 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr102109.htm

10/7/09 West coast marine cargo company fined $35,625 for emissions violationsbr
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr100709.htm 

10/7/09 ARB investigation leads to $33,000 judgment against Bay Area dealer of "pocket bikes"
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr100709b.htm

September 2009

Gold country waste hauler fined $18,375 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr092109b.htm 

Southern California waste hauler Arakelian Enterprises fined $270,000 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr092109.htm 

ARB fines marketers of gasoline-powered blenders
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr091609b.htm

Coachella Valley construction company fined $31,950 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr090909b.htm

Anaheim waste hauler fined $85,000 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr090909.htm 

Valspar fined $218,000 for consumer products violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr090809b.htm 

ARB cites nation's largest school bus transportation firm $300,000 for diesel emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr090309b.htm 

August 2009

Sunbelt Rentals fined $98,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr083109b.htm 

South state motorcycle dealers pay $180,000 in penalties
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr083109.htm 

City of Fresno to pay up to $1 million for new diesel vehicles
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr081809.htm 

ARB investigation leads to $1.875 million judgment against Viva Motor Sports, Inc. for selling non-California certified vehicles
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr081309.htm

Los Angeles County waste hauler fined $21,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr081109.htm

July 2009

Fontana company fined $22,875 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr072809.htm 

California sod company fined $9,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr072109.htm 

ARB cites Fresno-based firm $5,500 for diesel emission violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr070809.htm

June 2009

AutoZone Settlement Totals $90,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr062409.htm

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and contractors fined $47,750 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr061809b.htm

Agriculture tech company cited $4,000 for diesel engine emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr061709.htm

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and contractors fined $47,750 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr061809b.htm

Silver State Trailways cited $15,750 for diesel engine emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr060109b.htm 

Southern California ready mix company fined $65,700 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr060109.htm

May 2009

BP pays $1 million in fines for violations of California clean air regulations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr052709.htm 

World’s largest equipment rental company fined $166,800 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr052109c.htm

MTA fine $162,000 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr052109b.htm

Car dealership fined $175,000 for installing unapproved aftermarket parts
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr051109.htm

Riverside County trucking companies fined $7,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr050809.htm

Northern California Forest Products Company Fined $3,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr050709.htm

April 2009

Nissan Motor Co. Fined $4.4 million
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr041609.htm

Leading waste management company fined $14,240 for diesel emission violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr040809.htm

ARB cites Cotati based trucking firm $8,500 for diesel emission violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr040209c.htm

Cement company fined $10,875 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr040209b.htm

Sand Car Association pays $600,000 for illegal vehicle sales
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr040209.htm

ARB encouraging enforcement discretion in early phase of April 1 deadline for gas station upgrades
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr040109.htm

March 2009

Temecula Valley Unified School District pays $18,500 in penalties
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr033009c.htm

Ventura County Transportation Commission Fined $5,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr033009b.htm

Santa Monica's "Big Blue Bus" fined $21,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr033009.htm

Armored Car Company Fined $16,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr032709.htm

State Fines City of Ridgecrest Over Waste Diversion: High desert city has failed to comply with Waste Board directives
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/PressRoom/2009/03Mar/14.htm

Tulare County Area Transit fined for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr031709.htm

Waste hauler fined $22,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr031709b.htm

California agricultural retailer fined $16,500 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr032009.htm

Bay Area company fined $12,000 for emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr031209.htm

Crop harvesting company fined $10,000 for diesel emission violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr031009.htm

Hanford area public transit agency fined for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr030409.htm

Victor Valley Transit fined for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr030209.htm

February 2009

Mining companies agree to pay $3 million for Lava Cap Mine cleanup. U.S. District Court approves final settlement.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/2dd7f669225439b78525735900400c31/13c7d45ca2cacaa6852575670078d93d!OpenDocument

ARB cites Oxnard trucking $6,000 for diesel emission violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr022309.htm

ARB fines San Francisco importer $4,350 for improper vehicle engine labels
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr021709b.htm

City of Camarillo fined $5,250 for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr021709.htm

January 2009

Rite Aid fined for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr012609.htm

Kragen Auto fined $600,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr010909.htm

December 2008

Bay Area ready mix company fined $7,000 for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr123008.htm

State Announces $1,400,000 Settlement with Kyocera America, Inc.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News_2008_T_25_08.pdf

Hauling company fined $54,000 for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr121008.htm

November 2008

City of Needles fined $6,000 for air emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr112408.htm

City of Oxnard fined $12,375 for air emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr111708.htm

City of Palmdale fined $18,500 for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr110408.htm

October 2008

Dunbar Armored pays $36,375 for clean-air violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr103008.htm

Sears pays $600,000 for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr102708.htm

Western Farm agrees to pay $114,000 for air violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr101708.htm

Southern California Refrigeration Service pays $35,550 air pollution penalty
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr100308.htm

Airgas cited $43,000 for diesel truck emissions violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr100108.htm

September 2008

ARB cites hazardous waste disposal company $43,500 for diesel emission violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr092908.htm

Bimbo Bakeries pays $305,000 in air quality penalties
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr092608.htm

Car dealership to pay ARB $34,750 for installing unapproved retrofits
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr091608.htm

Navistar fined total of $281,500
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr091208c.htm

ARB cites Monroe Motors $112,000 for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr091208.htm

Guilty Plea Closes DPR Case Against Illegal Web Sales
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2008/080904.htm

Propane distribution firm pays ARB $36,375 for diesel emission violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr090508.htm

August 2008

East Bay Businessman Sentenced to Ten Months Imprisonment for Violating the Clean Air Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/can/press/index.html

DPR On-Line Bulletin -Fines and settlements from April to June 2008 are listed.
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2008/online_bulletins/080808.htm

Clougherty Packing/Farmer John pays $63,300 in air pollution penalties
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr081208.htm

ARB cites Universal Waste $13,500 for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr080708.htm

July 2008

ARB cites DS Waters $74,250 for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr072908.htm

ARB cites goods-movement company $9,750 for diesel emission violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr072208.htm

Baja Motorsports fined $14,000 for missing emission labels
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr071508.htm

Southern California company settles with EPA for $171,600 for selling unregistered Japanese pesticides at San Jose, Calif. store (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
http://cfpub.epa.gov/compliance/newsroom/index.cfm?templatePage=2&region=R9

June 2008

Pasadena to pay $23,250 to ARB for diesel emission violations
City failed to assure diesel fleet complied with state regulations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr062508.htm

State fined for fuel tank lapses-County inspectors say leak-detection system wasn't properly checked (Sacramento Bee) -- The state department that looks after the Capitol's emergency underground fuel tank was ordered to pay $93,350 in penalties Wednesday after Sacramento County inspectors cited it for ignoring environmental and hazardous materials regulations.

SoCal company to pay $1M in air quality settlement (SFGate) -- TXI Riverside Cement Co. will pay a $600,000 in penalties and spend $400,000 toward site improvements as part of an agreement with regional air quality officials to reduce the amount of toxic cement dust escaping from a factory north of Riverside.

Utility Construction Firm Pays ARB $10,000 for Diesel Emission Violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr060508.htm

May 2008

ARB cites Apria Health Care $14,000 for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr052908.htm

State Announces Proposal to Improve Water Boards' Enforcement and Efficiency
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2008/1_pr7_052808.pdf

Shea Homes to Pay $300,000 for Illegal Discharge of Waste
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2008/08_005.pdf

DTSC Cracks Down On Illegal Computer Dumping
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News_2008_T_07_08.pdf

ARB fines Regency Conversions $27,500
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr052008b.htm

Ohio chemical company fined for the sale of non-compliant products in California http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr052008.htm

$41,000 settles clean air violations for heavy-duty diesel fleets http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr051308.htm

Costco pays $40,000 for clean air violations in Mira Loma, Tracy http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr050908.htm

ARB fines Wilbur-Ellis Company and Piazza Trucking, Inc. $38,250 for clean air violations for heavy-duty diesel fleets
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr050708.htm

ARB fines Escondido company for air pollution violations http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr050708b.htm

Building Material Supplier Settles with ARB for $42,000 http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr050108.htm

ARB Fines Crown Disposal Company $88,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr050508.htm

April 2008

ARB posts record year for enforcement
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr042108.htm

Mex-Cal Truckline settles air quality violations for $50,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr041708.htm

Pepsi Bottling Group Transporter Settles for $280,125
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr040708.htm

March 2008

DTSC Announces $285,000 Settlement with Trident Plating http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News_2008_T_04_08.pdf

Air quality violations cost Central Coast businesses $57,500
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr031908.htm

EPA fines Southern California technology company $208,000 for 'nano coating' pesticide claims on computer peripherals

February 2008

Victorville's Hartwick & Hand, Inc. settles with ARB for $31,125 http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr022508.htm

ValleyCrest Companies settle for $65,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr022208b.htm

San Bernardino's C.K. Transport and VRGS Trucking settle with ARB
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr021408c.htm

State Imposes Penalties on City of Cerritos: City program fails to adequately implement waste diversion program
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Pressroom/2008/February/04.htm

California Supreme Court Upholds Water Board Action to Protect the Delta Largest Penalty to Date for Illegal Water Diversions in the Delta
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press/docs/2008/08_003.pdf

January 2008

Growers Assessed Monetary Penalties - Enforcement Stepped Up In Central Valley Water Board's Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/irrigated_lands/hot_news/

Yamaha agrees to $2 million settlement with ARB for importing roughly 400 uncertified motorcycles into California
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr012408.htm

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

March 2006

ARB Increases Inspections of Waste Collection Vehicles Trash Trucks Contribute to Dirty Air, Health Problems

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

February 2006

$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

January 2006

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

December 2005

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

November 2005

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

October 2005

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

September 2005

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

August 2005

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

July 2005

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

June 2005

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

May 2005

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

April 2005

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

March 2005

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

February 2005

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

January 2005

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

December 2004

News Release - December, 21, 2004 (ARB)

$404,500 Settles Violations of Clean Air Regulations for Off-Road Engines

http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr122104.htm

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

November 2004

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)

January - April 2004

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)

2003

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)

2002

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)

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