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CARB fined trucks $298,700 last year for idling violations |
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 22:38 |
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The California Air Resources Board cited nearly 1,000 commercial vehicle drivers for violating the state’s five-minute diesel idling limit in 2009, racking up almost $300,000 in fines.
CARB recently released its enforcement statistics for 2009, including $7 million tied to its diesel programs, including the idling limit and requirements that reefers and other equipment be retrofitted or replaced.
CARB collected more than $16 million in penalties in 2009, with nearly $15 million of that from administrative fines and $1.6 million from civil litigation. Besides diesel regulations, CARB also enforces a number of car, motorcycle and other gas engine rules.
Cases involving diesel fleet and exhaust retrofits totaled about $5.9 million.
The full report is available by clicking here.
– By Charlie Morasch, staff writer
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