* California - Virginia trucking firm fined $100,000 for violating diesel pollution rules
-- A Virginia firm will pay a $100,000 fine and spend $290,000 on pollution-reduction programs for operating 73 trucks in California without diesel particulate filters, federal and state officials announced Thursday... The Environmental Protection Agency’s settlement with Estes Express Lines was the first federal enforcement action against a company for violating California’s tough regulations to slash emissions of toxic diesel soot and smog-forming pollutants from diesel trucks... The EPA cited Estes, based in Richmond, Va., for those violations in February. The company now operates only new trucks in California, the EPA said...
(Photo: Estes Sterling triples) -- Los Angeles, CAL, USA - Los Angeles Times, by Tony Barboza - 8 Oct 2015Labels: air pollution, trucking industry news USA
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