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THE DIRTY HALF-DOZEN

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Clipboard researched by Kathie Bozanich and Rick VanderKnyff / Los Angeles Times; Graphics by Doris Shields / Los Angeles Times

Following is a list of the six most severe air pollution penalties assessed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District in August.

Company: Industrial Asphalt Inc. 31511 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano Penalty: $5,000 Violation: Excessive discharge of particulates in February, 1988 (asphalt batch plant) Company: Chevron USA Inc. 27112 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano Penalty: $600 Violation: Failure to obtain a permit to operate gasoline dispensing equipment (service station) Company: R. Howard Strasbaugh 18460 Gothard St., Huntington Beach Penalty: $400 Violation: Failure to obtain a permit to operate a barrel heater (optical machinery manufacturer) Company: Huntington Harbor Car Wash 16921 Algonquin St., Huntington Beach Penalty: $400 Violation: Failure to obtain a permit to operate gasoline dispensing equipment (car wash) Company: Sasco Electric 2027 Brea Mall, Brea Penalty: $400 Violation: Failure to obtain a permit to construct an internal combustion engine (commercial electrical contractor) Company: Gonzalez Maintenance 12400 Euclid St., Garden Grove Penalty: $400 Violation: Exceeding limits on fugitive dust emissions from the use of abrasive blasting equipment (general maintenance contractor)

Source: South Coast Air Quality Management District

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