ARB Settles Air Quality Violations for the Month of August
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SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board (ARB) today announced four settlements have reached involving companies that violated California's air quality regulations. The specifics of each case are as follows:
COMPANY: Insurance Auto Auctions, Illinois.
VIOLATION: Sold a motor vehicle that was not legally authorized for sale in California.
WHEN: August 1996
SETTLEMENT: $1,500.00
COMPANY: Hertz Inc., Park Ridge, New Jersey.
VIOLATION: Attempted to register an out of state vehicle that did not meet California emission requirements.
WHEN: October 1997
SETTLEMENT: $2,000.00
COMPANY: Sterling Teal, Inc., Placentia, California.
VIOLATION: Sold, distributed, and/or offered for sale "Venchi" Air Freshener products that exceeded California's volatile organic compound limit of 18%. The violation also involved the sale of approximately 280,000 units of air freshener that violated the state's date coding requirements.
WHEN: January and March 1997
SETTLEMENT: $6,000.00
COMPANY: Ten Seconds/Hickory Brands Inc., Hickory, North Carolina.
VIOLATION: Sold, distributed, and/or offered for sale "Rain and Stain Protector" that exceeded the volatile organic compound limit for protectants of 75%.
WHEN: January and March 1997
SETTLEMENTS: $5,000.00