Sierra Pacific Lumber Pays $13 Million for Air Pollution
Environment News Service, August, 2007 by staff"
SACRAMENTO, California (ENS) — --> In one of the California Air Resources Board's largest-ever penalty cases, the lumber company Sierra Pacific Industries, has paid $13 million to settle allegations of air quality violations at four of the company's Sierra foothills sites.
The California Air Resources Board, ARB, in cooperation with the California Attorney General and the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, jointly investigated the alleged violations against Sierra Pacific, and then filed a civil complaint in 2004.
The complaint alleged failure to comply with air pollution control regulations at some Sierra Pacific sawmills and wood-fired boilers located in Lincoln, Quincy, Loyalton and Susanville.
"The cumulative effects of numerous...
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