CleanFuture, Inc. Settlement
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CleanFuture, Inc. Settles For $60,000
In December 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) reached a settlement with CleanFuture, Inc. (CleanFuture), with its principal location in Tualatin, Oregon, for the company’s violation of CARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Regulation (LCFS Regulation), as specified in California Code of Regulations, title 17, section 95480 et seq.
Under the LCFS Regulation, each fuel pathway holder must submit an annual fuel pathway report (AFPR) to CARB. Upon review of the submitted reports, CARB staff discovered that the operational carbon intensity for two of the facilities owned by CleanFuture for reporting years 2020-2021 exceeded the corresponding certified carbon intensities. CARB documented the violations as they related to the LCFS Regulation.
To settle the case, CleanFuture agreed to the penalty of $60,000. Of the total amount, $30,000 in civil penalty will be deposited into CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California’s air quality. The remaining amount of $30,000 will fund the Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) entitled New Voices are Rising: Air Quality Week, with Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment. The project aims to implement its Summer Climate Justice Leadership Academy program, where high school students will take part in hands-on activities such as building their own DIY indoor air filtration systems, installing purple air monitors in their own neighborhoods, and presenting what they have learned about environmental justice and air quality to community members through a virtual summit.
CleanFuture fully cooperated with CARB in the resolution of this matter and worked with its partners to retire credits erroneously generated as a result of reporting fuels with inaccurate carbon intensity. CleanFuture is now in compliance with CARB’s LCFS Regulation.