California Air Resources Board

PureField Ingredients LLC Settles For $18,000

In March 2024, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) reached a settlement with PureField Ingredients LLC (PureField), with its principal location in Russell, Kansas 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 95494 et seq.

Each fuel pathway holder must submit an annual fuel pathway report to CARB. Upon review of PureField’s submitted report, CARB staff discovered that the company’s operational carbon intensity exceeded its certified carbon intensity. CARB documented the violations as they related to the LCFS Regulation. PureField 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.

To settle the case, PureField agreed to the penalty of $18,000. The full amount will be deposited into CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California’s air quality. PureField is now in compliance with CARB’s LCFS Regulation.

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