CARB cites Minatta Transportation $8,500 for emissions violations

Apr 8, 2009

The California Air Resources Board announced that it has fined Minatta Transportation $8,500 for diesel truck emissions violations that occurred in 2007. A CARB fleet audit found that the Cotati-based trucking company had not been inspecting its heavy-duty diesel vehicles annually, as required by California law.

CARB says that as part of the settlement, Minatta must:

Guarantee employees who are responsible for inspecting the vehicles attend a mandatory California community college training class on diesel emissions and provide certificates of completion within one year;

Instruct employees and drivers on CARB’s truck idling regulations;

Ensure that trucks have the most recent low-NOx software installed;

Provide documentation to CARB that the inspections are being carried out for the next three years; and

Ensure that all diesel trucks are up to federal emissions standards for the vehicle model year and are labeled properly with the manufacturer’s factory engine certification label.

The company will pay $8,500 in penalties: $6,375 will go to the California Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California’s air quality; $1,062 will go to Peralta Community College District to fund emissions education classes conducted by participating California community colleges under the California Council for Diesel Education and Technology; and the remaining $1,062 will go to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority.

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