The Chefs’ Warehouse West Coast, LLC Settlement
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The Chefs’ Warehouse West Coast, LLC Settles For $22,000
In June 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) reached a settlement with The Chefs’ Warehouse West Coast, LLC (Chefs’ Warehouse), with its principal business location in Walnut, California for the company’s violation of CARB’s regulation, Management of High-Global Warming Potential Refrigerants for Stationary Sources (Refrigerant Management Program or RMP Regulation), as codified in California Code of Regulations, title 17, section 95380 et seq; and CARB’s regulation on Prohibitions on Use of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons in Stationary Refrigeration, Stationary Air-Conditioning, and Other End-Uses (HFC Regulation), under California Code of Regulations, title 17, section 95371 et seq.
An investigation conducted by CARB Enforcement staff showed that two Chefs’ Warehouse facilities failed to pay annual implementation fees and submit annual reports on time, as required by the RMP Regulation; and also failed to submit weighted-average, Global Warming Potential (GWP) and Greenhouse Gas Potential (GHGp) annual reports on time, as required by the HFC Regulation.
The settlement amount of $22,000 in civil penalty represents a per-unit penalty of approximately $2,000 for each failure of the company to pay the annual implementation fees and submit annual reports on time in reporting year 2021, as well as a per-unit penalty of approximately $2,667 for each failure of the company to pay the annual implementation fees and submit annual reports on time in reporting years 2022 and 2023. The full settlement amount will be deposited into CARB's Air Pollution Control Fund, which funds projects and research to improve California's air quality. Terms of the settlement also include a requirement for Chef's Warehouse to comply with all other CARB regulations going forward.