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The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) last Friday approved a Warehouse Indirect Source Rule, intended to curb diesel emissions from thousands of trucks transporting goods from the growing number of massive warehouses in the region. The rule institutes a points-based system requiring about 3,000 distribution centers to choose from a menu of options to reduce or offset emissions. Those could include replacing diesel trucks and other equipment with electric models, putting in rooftop solar panels, or installing air filters at nearby schools or day care centers. SCAQMD officials said they acted in order to meet federal emission reduction deadlines in 2023 and 2031. The Los Angeles County Business Federation said the rule amounts to an unauthorized job-killing tax and called the SCAQMD s action irresponsible and a travesty.
REGIONAL — The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced on May 7 that Tesla, Inc., has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty and install a solar roof project
Tesla Signs Settlement To Comply With Emission Rules In Fremont
May 10, 2021 at 8:42am ET ++ It would have to pay $1 million, but a microgrid system will save it $250,000.
The penalty would be $1 million, but Tesla is now eligible for a $250,000 credit when it completes a microgrid system project. It will benefit one of the communities under the protection of BAAQMD’s program “Community Health Protection Program.”
Consisting of solar panels and two Powerpacks, it will supply about 160 kilowatts of clean, renewable electricity to the people in this community, which will help make the air more breathable there. The project is said to cost around $500,000.
Tesla settles $1M penalty for air quality violations at Fremont factory
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FREMONT, CALIFORNIA - MAY 12: An aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Factory on May 12, 2020 in Fremont, California. Alameda County has ordered Tesla s CEO Elon Musk to halt production at Tesla Fremont Factory days after Musk defiantly opened up the ele
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FREMONT, Calif. - Officials from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said Friday that Tesla, Inc., has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty and install a solar roof project to settle air quality violations at its Fremont automobile factory.
The settlement covers 33 notices of violation that the air district issued to Tesla. The notices of violation cover a range of violations, including emissions exceeding Tesla s permit limits, installing or modifying equipment without proper permits, failure to conduct required emissions testing, failure to maintain records and failure to report information to the air district in a timely m