By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer EAST LOS ANGELES — Before going to school, Erin Hernandez wakes up early morning with fruity smells drifting into his […]
Tag: South Coast Air Quality Management District
Officials seeks Superfund status for Exide
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer BOYLE HEIGHTS — U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla vowed to continue pressing federal authorities to designate neighborhoods adjacent to the Exide […]
Exide trust could face fines over violations
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — The South Coast Air Quality Management District has threatened to impose penalties on the trust that managed […]
Sterigenics agrees to reduce ethylene oxide emissions
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Two Sterigenics facilities that sterilize medical equipment have agreed to reduce ethylene oxide emissions under a plan approved […]
Hearing board rejects agreement between Sterigenics, AQMD
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — A hearing board has rejected a plan between Sterigenics, the local company that sterilizes medical equipment with ethylene […]
SCAQMD issues abatement order to Vernon plant
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — The South Coast Air Quality Management District has filed an administrative order against Sterigenics US to correct activities […]
AQMD serves order of abatement against Vernon plant
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — A petition for an order of abatement has been filed against Baker Commodities Inc. for conducting animal rendering […]
Vernon firm banned from county contracts
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Sterigenics, a company that sterilizes medical devices, has been banned from doing business with Los Angeles County until […]
Officials want Vernon plant closed for time being
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Two elected officials — a county supervisor and an assemblyman — have stepped up their efforts to get […]
Vernon plant monitored for carcinogenic emissions
By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer VERNON — Sterigenics U.S., an industrial plant that released high quantities of a carcinogenic chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, […]