[Source: The Press Enterprise] The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s newest incoming leader says she wants the air district to use the full extent of its regulatory might to protect neighborhoods and communities from harmful air pollution. The Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl will be sworn in today and will get the chance Read More…
Tag: air pollution
Southern California air board appoints executive, declines to reconsider beach bonfire rules
[Source: Los Angeles Times] Southern California’s air quality board formally appointed former industry consultant Wayne Nastri as executive officer Friday in a vote of confidence in the powerful agency’s new leadership. Nastri was hired as interim head of the South Coast Air Quality Management District eight months ago after Republicans seeking a more business-friendly approach Read More…
Air quality agency aims to stop metal plants accused of polluting Paramount
[Source: The San Diego Union] Air quality officials are taking enforcement action against two metal-processing plants they believe are contributing to alarming levels of cancer-causing hexavalent chromium discovered recently in Paramount. The South Coast Air Quality Management District filed for an administrative order Tuesday against Aerocraft Heat Treating Co. and Anaplex Corp. to force them Read More…
South Coast air district to settle suit with Moreno Valley over World Logistics Center: Update
[Source: The Press Telegram] The South Coast Air Quality Management District board has voted to settle its lawsuit with the Moreno Valley over the World Logistics Center but is not yet disclosing terms of the deal. With the air board, county and Riverside County Transportation Commission withdrawing their objections, the agreement eliminates several of the Read More…
Why Southern California officials are skeptical over smog fix
[Source: The Press Enterprise] As the worst smog season in years winds down, new doubts appear to cloud a costly strategy broached three months ago by Southern California’s regional air quality agency to bring air pollution levels down to healthful levels. In late June, the newly hired top administrator for the South Coast Air Quality Read More…
Legislative session ends; Pro Tem’s attempted Air Board power grab flops
[Source: CaliforniaCityNews.org] The 2016 legislative session ended in the early hours of Thursday morning, after a marathon session of farewells to outgoing legislators and last minute scrambling over legislation. Notably, if the “three days in print” rule comes to pass via Proposition 54 this November, it may be the last year of 11th hour proposals Read More…
Bid to add more seats to AQMD board fails in Sacramento
[Source: 89.3KPCC] “This is a textbook example of institutional racism.” That was the reaction from Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León’s (D-Los Angeles) after his colleagues in the Assembly voted down a bill he wrote that would have added seats for low-income and minority representatives on the board of the South Coast Air Quality Management Read More…
BNSF seeks to overturn judge’s decision to halt rail yard’s expansion
[Source: Los Angeles Business Journal] BNSF Railway Co. said yesterday it will appeal a judge’s decision against the company’s $500 million project to expand a rail yard at the Port of Los Angeles. The decision cites BNSF’s plan to build a 153-acre rail yard, called Southern California International Gateway, in west Long Beach. The company Read More…
Why Long Beach Port is considering paying $46 million for its environmental damage
[Source: Press Telegram] The Port of Long Beach plans to put a price tag on the environmental damage it causes the community, a figure some residents say isn’t hardly high enough to cover the true cost. The body overseeing the port will vote Monday to pay $46.4 million to a compensation fund used to help Read More…