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TOP AIR POLLUTION PENALTIES

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The South Coast Air Quality Management District has responsibility to control air pollution in the area. It has the power to seek court-imposed fines against polluters of from $25 to $25,000 a day based on such factors as the extent that emissions exceed legal limits, the potential danger to the public, whether the violation was intentional, accidental or due to negligence and the company’s history of violations. These are the 10 highest penalties paid in December:

COMPANY TYPE OF BUSINESS PENALTY SDI Industries Wardrobe $12,000 North Hollywood handling systems manufacturer GATX Corp. Petroleum $8,500 Carson, Wilmington products sites manufacturer U.S. Range/ALCO Cooking $6,100 Gardena equipment manufacturer Texaco Refining & Oil refinery $4,000 Marketing Wilmington Valley Motor Center Auto body $4,000 Van Nuys repair shop Chem Tab-Olde Janitorial $3,400 Tyme Products Inc. products Carson manufacturer Mission Custom Shutter $3,000 Shutters Inc. manufacturer Santa Ana C&R; Printed Bag Bag printer $2,550 El Monte Electro Etch Circuit board $2,400 Circuits Inc. fabrication Inglewood Unocal Corp. Oil refinery $2,300 Wilmington

COMPANY VIOLATION SDI Industries Excessive hydrocarbons North Hollywood from painting operations GATX Corp. Excessive hydrocarbons Carson, Wilmington from storage terminal and sites Berth 172 terminal U.S. Range/ALCO Excessive hydrocarbons Gardena from painting operations Texaco Refining & Visible smoke from a flare Marketing excessive sulfur oxide Wilmington emissions from fluid catalytic cracking unit Valley Motor Center Operating a spray painting Van Nuys booth without required filters Chem Tab-Olde Failure to obtain air Tyme Products Inc. pollution control permits Carson Mission Custom Public nuisance violation Shutters Inc. due to spraying paint onto Santa Ana neighboring property C&R; Printed Bag Excessive hydrocarbons El Monte from printing presses Electro Etch Failure to obtain permits to Circuits Inc. operate baking ovens Inglewood Unocal Corp. Excessive hydrocarbon Wilmington and nitrogen oxide emissions; excessive hydrocarbons at its product distribution center in Los Angeles

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