Enforcement News
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March 2012
Donaldson pays $103,000 for selling illegal diesel
particulate filters
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=287
Businesses fined for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=285
February 2012
Illegal Hazardous Waste Transporter Discovered Near
High School in El Monte
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News-Release-T-03-12.pdf
January 2012
ARB settles with German chemicals company for $52,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=275
Businesses fined over $383,000 for air quality
violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=279
December 2011
U.S. Auto Parts pays $233,000 for air quality
infractions
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=280
ARB settles with German chemicals company for $52,000
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=275
San Diego Regional Water Board Approves $1.3 Million
in Water Quality Settlements - Local Project to Receive $445,000
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2011/pr121911.pdf
November 2011
Department of Pesticide Regulation Announces
Settlement for Importing Produce with Illegal Pesticide Residues
into California
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2011/111109.htm
September 2011
Businesses fined for Air Quality Violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=243
Settlement Reached in Auto Shredder Case (Amended
Release)
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News_Release_T-16-11amend.pdf
Shipping companies each fined $53K for violating fuel
regulation
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=240
August 2011
Freight transport company pays $59,050 for air
quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=239
State Waterboard Reaches $6 Million Settlement with
Petroleum Firm over Violations in 17 Counties
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2011/pr082911ggp.pdf
Car Sound Exhaust, Inc. to pay $560,000 in air
quality penalties
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=233
Santa Ana Waterboard Settlement Amounts to $314,981
in Fines Against Caltrans, Sanbag, MCM Construction, Inc. and
Skanska-Rados
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2011.shtml
Central Valley Waterboard Issues $682,500 Fine to
Winemucca Trading Company, Ltd., Owners of the Former Shasta
Paper Mill
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2011/pr081011cvrb.pdf
June 2011
Businesses fined for air quality violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=218
San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board Acts to
Stop the Flow of "Nurdles" to California Waters
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2011/pr060711sfb.pdf
Former Environmental Manager Of Bottling Plant To
Serve Federal Prison Time For Violating The Clean Water Act
http://www.justice.gov/usao/can/press/2011/2011_06_22_patel.sentenced.press.html
United States and Two California State Agencies File
Civil Lawsuit Against Greka Oil & Gas Inc. for Oil Spills in
Santa Barbara County
Washington (6/17/2011) - The United States, the
California Department of Fish and Game and the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region,
filed a civil complaint today in federal court against Greka Oil
& Gas Inc. (now known as HVI Cat Canyon Inc.) alleging that the
company violated federal and state water laws. According to the
complaint, announced today by the Department of Justice, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region and
the California Department of Fish and Game, Greka illegally
discharged crude oil and produced water from its oil and gas
production facilities in Santa Barbara County during 21 spills
between June 2005 and December 2010. The spills resulted from
ruptured storage tanks, corroded pipelines and overflowing
injection ponds. Oil from each of the spills flowed into nearby
waterways.
Prosecutors Sue Home Depot for Air Quality Violations
Diamond Bar CA (6/3/2011) - On June 2, 2011, the South Coast Air
Quality Management District (AQMD) filed a lawsuit against The
Home Depot Inc. alleging tens of thousands of air quality
violations for displaying and selling coatings and paints at
Southland stores that contain high levels of smog-forming
ingredients. Home Depot is the largest home improvement chain in
the region. The AQMD conducted the investigation that led to the
lawsuit. District attorneys for Orange, Riverside and San
Bernardino counties and the city attorney for the City of Los
Angeles filed a related case on the same day alleging unfair
business practices by Home Depot.
California Department of Pesticide Regulation -
Product compliance fines and settlements from January to March
2011
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/mill/actions/fines.htm
May 2011
DTSC issues hazardous waste enforcement order to
Kettleman Facility
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News-Release-T-08-11.pdf
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Penalizes City of Redding $72,000 for Violations at Wastewater
Treatment Facility
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2011/e051211cvrb_cityofredding.pdf
Central Valley Water Board Executive Officer Issues
$239,000 in Complaints for Dairy Reporting Violations
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2011/e051211cvrb.pdf
San Francisco Bay Water Board Orders City of Pacifica
to Improve Sewage Collection as part of $1.7 Million Settlement
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2011/e051111sfbayrb.pdf
Central Valley Water board Executive Officer Issues
$315,000 In Complaints For Mandatory Minimum Penalties
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2011/e051011cvrb.pdf
April 2011
Shipping companies fined $161K for violation fuel
regulation
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=197
Central Valley Water Board Assistant Executive
Officer issues $487,893 Administrative Civil Liability Complaint
to Winemucca Trading Company
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/enforcement/041211cvrb.pdf
Brazilian Blowout hair straightener draws fire from
authorities (California Watch)
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/brazilian-blowout-hair-straightener-draws-fire-authorities-9797
February 2011
Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to
Violate the Clean Air Act's Asbestos Work Practice Standards
Washington (2/23/2011) - John Bostick pleaded guilty today to
conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act's asbestos work practice
standards during the renovation of a 204-unit apartment building
in Winnetka, Calif., in 2006. According to the plea agreement
filed in federal court, Mr. Bostick knew in January 2006 that
asbestos was present in the ceilings of the units of the
apartment complex known as Forest Glen. Knowing that the
asbestos was there, Mr. Bostick and his co-conspirators hired a
group of workers who were not trained or certified to conduct
asbestos abatements, and had them scrape the ceilings of the
apartment units without telling the workers about the asbestos.
January 2011
ARB accepts $460,000 to settle clean-air violations
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=175
Southern California importer of off-highway vehicles to pay
$250,000 judgment
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=176
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