Air Pollution * USA - Pepsi Bottling Group Trucker Penalized for

One of Pepsi Bottling Group's overland trucking contractors has been fined $280,125 by the state of California for violating air quality laws during 2006-2007

Sacramento,CAL,USA -Environment News Service -April 7, 2008: -- ... The California Air Resources Board, ARB, said Friday that New Bern Transport Corporation of Indianapolis, Indiana, failed to conduct required inspections of their heavy duty diesel trucks, resulting in higher emissions of harmful pollutants into the atmosphere... The Board named the California cities affected by the increased emissions from the New Bern trucks - a long list which includes: San Diego, Brawley, Bakersfield, Mojave, Ventura, Santa Maria, Baldwin Park, Carson, San Fernando, Indio, Buena Park, Riverside, Aliso Viejo, Sunnyvale, Santa Rosa, Benicia, Hayward, Ukiah, Fresno, Modesto, Stockton, Salinas, Redding, Eureka and Durham... The issue was brought to the attention of ARB enforcement personnel during a routine inspection of New Bern's smoke testing records, which brought to light the extent of the violations... (Photo courtesy Russ MacNeil Collection - A truck from the New Bern Transport Corp. Pepsi in-house leasing division is parked at the Palm Bay, Florida Albertson's)