Clean Air Lawsuits Filed Against USMC
Two large U.S. Marine Corps bases have violated federal clean air standards, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The agency, which monitors air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin, claimed that a jet engine testing facility at the Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro has been guilty of continuing violations of clean air standards since January.
The Marine Corps should be fined $1,000 per day for each violation, according to the lawsuit.
A boiler facility at the northern end of Camp Pendleton also violated clean air standards last year, the suit claims.
Marine Corps spokesmen at both bases declined to comment, saying they had not had a chance to study the lawsuit.
The lawsuit does not specify damages for the alleged violations at Camp Pendleton.
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