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POLLUTION * USA - NY cracks down on urban truck and bus one
Albany,NY,USA -Associated Press/Newsday, by MARY ESCH -November 7, 2008: -- New York is launching a statewide program to crack down on truckers and bus drivers who violate laws intended to reduce health problems from diesel fumes... Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis said the effort is based on a successful pilot program last year in East Harlem, a neighborhood with heavy truck traffic and hospitalization rates for asthma four times the national average. There, DEC officers pulled over 363 diesel trucks to test exhaust emissions and issued 163 tickets for state air quality violations. They also ticketed 10 drivers for breaking the city's 3-minute limit on idling... Based on that 2007 action, officials estimate nearly 20 percent of trucks traveling through East Harlem daily don't meet clean air regulations... Trucks with excessive levels of soot in their exhaust were issued tickets, which carry a fine of $700 for a first violation and $1,300 for each subsequent violation. Fines can be reduced to as low as $150 if the driver quickly corrects the problem that caused the smoky exhaust and has the truck pass a new inspection...
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