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Waste company fined $219,000 for skipping smoke tests

October 30th, 2009, 12:13 pm · 3 Comments · posted by Pat Brennan, green living, environment editor

A waste disposal company with offices in Buena Park was fined $219,500 for failing to perform yearly smoke tests on some of its diesel trucks. arb2

EDCO Disposal Corporation paid the fine after being accused by the state Air Resources Board of skipping the tests in 2005 and 2006 on some of the trucks at a variety of Southern California locations, including Buena Park. The company is based in Lemon Grove.

The company’s president, Steve South, acknowledged in an e-mail that his company was “not complying with all aspects” of the smoke inspection program in 2oo5 and 2006, and that all testing is up to date for 2009.

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