TOP AIR POLLUTION PENALTIES

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 November:

COMPANY TYPE OF BUSINESS Penalty May Company Department $150,000 North Hollywood store chain Menasco Manufacturer of $50,000 Manufacturing aircraft landing Co. equipment Burbank Golden West Oil refinery $17,500 Refining Co. Santa Fe Springs Applied Solar Semiconductor $15,000 Energy Corp. manufacturer Industry Econolite Metal coating $12,000 Control firm Products Inc. Anaheim Nuway Linen & Clothing rental $10,000 Uniform Rental firm Long Beach Shell Oil Co. Oil terminal $7,000 Los Angeles Mark Industries Metal coating $6,000 Carson Sunday Silkscreening $6,000 Samples Inc. firm Costa Mesa TRW Inc. Aerospace firm $5,100 Redondo Beach

COMPANY VIOLATION May Company Failure to submit ride-sharing plans North Hollywood for its Redondo Beach and Costa mesa stores. Menasco Using chemicals with a volatility Manufacturing greater than allowable limits. Co. Burbank Golden West Operating scrubber equipment Refining Co. contrary to permit conditions; Santa Fe Springs excessive particulates from a smokestack. Applied Solar Failure to to meet a July 1989 Energy Corp. deadline to comply with an AQMD rule Industry to control hydrocarbon emissions. Econolite Violating paint operation rules. Control Products Inc. Anaheim Nuway Linen & Failure to submit a ride-sharing plan. Uniform Rental Long Beach Shell Oil Co. Failure to operate a monitoring and Los Angeles recording system for a vapor recovery unit. Mark Industries Operating spray painting equipment Carson contrary to permit conditions; excessive hydrocarbons. Sunday Failure to obtain permits to install and Samples Inc. operate two drying ovens. Costa Mesa TRW Inc. Failure to obtain permits to install a Redondo Beach diesel generator, combustion-driven laser systems, and two hot oil tanks at its Manhattan Beach facility.