California Air Resources Board

SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board announced today a settlement from Key Energy Services LLC for air quality violations.

Through an audit, ARB investigators found that Key Energy Services, based in Houston, Texas, failed to test its California fleet’s diesel engine emissions, as required by California law.

“Controlling diesel exhaust is vital to the health of every Californian,” said ARB Enforcement Chief James Ryden. “It also insures that all businesses that operate diesel vehicles are held to the same standard.”

SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board today announced that Car Sound Exhaust Inc., a catalytic converter manufacturer, will pay a total of $560,000 for air quality violations.

All payments will be made to the California Air Pollution Control Fund, established to decrease air pollution through education and the advancement and use of cleaner technologies.

SACRAMENTO - This summer do-it-yourself auto mechanics who want to recharge their car’s air conditioning will find a redesigned self-sealing canister of refrigerant that is sold with a $10 deposit, refunded when the empty can is returned.

For an informational video go here: http://www.arb.ca.gov/videos/diy_refrigerant.mp4 .

SACRAMENTO - Este verano los autos mecánicos de bricolaje que quieran recargar el aire acondicionado de su vehículo se encontrarán con un nuevo diseño del envase auto-sellante que contiene al refrigerante y que se vende con un depósito de $10, que se devuelve al regresar el envase vacío.

Para un vídeo informativo vaya aquí:  http://www.arb.ca.gov/videos/diy_refrigerant.mp4 .

SACRAMENTO - Today, the California Air Resources Board approved an updated environmental analysis of the Scoping Plan.

Approval of the updated environmental analysis (known as the Functional Equivalent Document) was also accompanied by a vote to re-approve the AB 32 Scoping Plan.  The Board action came after consideration of public comment to the environmental analysis, and responses to them.

SACRAMENTO - California can expect more frequent and more dangerous heat waves in the coming decades, the result of global warming and the state’s aging population, according to a new climate-modeling study commissioned by the California Air Resources Board.

Researchers using a new, more comprehensive weather-modeling method found that the incidence of prolonged hot spells – those lasting 10 or more days – could rise by a factor of two to ten by the 2090s, depending on the region.

SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board today announced it has fined IVVE Transportation $59,050 for using high-polluting vehicles that do not comply with state standards.

SACRAMENTO--The California Air Resources Board has fined two shipping companies for failing to switch from dirty “bunker” fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur fuel when sailing within 24 miles of the California coast, as required by state law.

SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board today approved a ‘smog check’ regulation for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses. While these heavy-duty vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 14,000 pounds comprise only 3 percent of all vehicles on California roads, they are responsible for more than 50 percent of nitrogen oxides and fine particle diesel pollution from all mobile sources in the state.

SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board today approved a measure that will require most newly manufactured small off-road engines such as those found in leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other equipment be zero emission starting in 2024. Portable generators, including those in recreational vehicles, would be required to meet more stringent standards in 2024 and meet zero-emission standards starting in 2028.