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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Dec. 2 reported a settlement with Lehigh Cement and Lehigh White Cement that officials said will reduce harmful air emissions at plants nationwide, including the one in the Cupertino foothills.
The agreement with federal and local agencies involves alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. As part of the settlement, Lehigh will invest $12 million in pollution control technology at 11 of its portland cement manufacturing plants, three of which are in California.
The action comes after approval of a consent decree lodged last year in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by the Air District, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other local agencies. The settlement centers on alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is accepting applications for $40 million in grants for projects designed to reduce toxic air emissions and ozone-forming pollutants from older diesel engines.
That includes medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses, mobile construction and industrial equipment, agricultural equipment, marine vessels, locomotives, and school buses.
The district said funding is available to replace an old vehicle or equipment with the cleanest available technology; replace an old engine with an emission-certified engine; convert existing diesel equipment to operate on electric or hybrid power; or install the infrastructure to charge or fuel new equipment.
âDiesel exhaust is a significant public health threat, and its impacts fall heaviest on communities already burdened by air pollution, said Jack Broadbent, the districtâs executive officer. He said the grants would pay for âcleaner-than-required equipment to improve air quality in neighbor
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SACRAMENTO Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped a veteran regulator Liane Randolph on Wednesday as the next chair of the powerful Air Resources Board, which implements the state’s ambitious climate change goals.
He also named Tania Pacheco-Werner to the Board. She is a member of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and co-assistant director at Fresno State’s Central Valley Health Policy Institute.
The state air board is charged with overseeing some of California’s ambitious plans to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and regulate air pollution.
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His choice is Liane Randolph, a lawyer who has served as Deputy Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency and most recently as commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission.
Randolph has been described as thorough, detail-oriented, smart, well-organized, and politically savvy by those who have worked with her. She will be the first Black chair of the board, and advocates are hoping that will make her a strong voice for equity in an organization that has recently been called to do better on this issue both for its staff and on its policies.