2000 News Archives

News releases are listed in reverse chronological order

• AQMD Seeks Input on Clean School Bus Measure, Dec. 21, 2000

• AQMD Sponsors Test of Diesel Soot Traps on School Buses, Dec. 21, 2000

• New State Incentive Available for Purchasing Electric Vehicles, December 2000

• Board Tightens Solvent Emissions Limits, Dec. 15, 2000

• AQMD Reaches Landmark Settlement for One of Region's Largest Air Quality Violations,
  Dec. 13, 2000

•  Board Adopts New Measures to Reduce Air Pollution, Nov. 17, 2000

•  Relief From Daily Record Keeping Extended to More Firms, Nov. 17, 2000

•  AQMD Seeks Pollution Abatement Order for AES Power Plants, Nov. 16, 2000

•  Southland Has No Stage 1 Episodes for Second Year in a Row, Oct. 27, 2000

•  AQMD Honors Air Pollution Control Innovators at 12th Annual Clean Air Awards, Oct. 25, 2000

•  AQMD Adopts Fleet Rules for Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Taxis, Oct. 20, 2000

•  Oscar Abarca Appointed Assistant Deputy Executive Officer, Oct. 20, 2000

•  "Public Sectors for Clean Air Conference" Set in November, Oct. 10, 2000

•  AQMD Secures Order to Clean Up Ontario Grain Plant, September 2000

•  AQMD Completes Follow-Up Study of Fallout in Inglewood Area, Sept. 20, 2000

•  AQMD Board Votes for Cleaner Diesel Fuel to Reduce Cancer, Sept. 15, 2000

•  Board Calls for Cleaner Adhesives in Region, Sept. 15, 2000

•  Diesel School Bus Particulate Trap Testing Program Begins, Sept. 15, 2000

•  AQMD, GM Announce Community Clean Air Partnership, Aug. 28, 2000

•  Adopt-a-School Bus Non-Profit Corporation to be Formed, Aug. 18, 2000

•  Board Simplifies Recordkeeping, Aug. 18, 2000

•  Board Sets Clean Fleet Rules for Street Sweepers, Airports, Aug. 18, 2000

•  RECLAIM Trading Credit Market Tightens, Aug. 16, 2000

•  Smog Pager Service Announced, July 2000

•  Voluntary Ridesharing Continues at Mid-Size Firms, July 2000

•  New Health Effects Officer Joins AQMD, July 2000

•  Chairman Envisions $50 Million School Bus Cleanup, June 22, 2000

•  AQMD Approves Clean Vehicle Fleet Rules, June 16, 2000

•  Incentives Approved for Wet Cleaning, May 19, 2000

•  AQMD FY 2000-01 Budget, Fees Adopted, May 19, 2000

•  Cynthia Verdugo-Peralta Appointed to Board, May 19, 2000

•  New Mobile Asthma Clinic to Serve L.A. County Children, May 12, 2000

• June Hearings Expected for First of Clean Fleet Rules, May 10, 2000

•  AQMD Chairman William Burke Appointed to State Air Board, April 25, 2000

•  AQMD Board Acts to Reduce Gas Station Emissions, April 21, 2000

•  AQMD to Use New Air Quality Index to Report Smog Levels, April 20, 2000

•  AQMD Joins California Fuel Cell Partnership, April 19, 2000

•  Fact Sheet on Air Toxics Programs, March 2000

• Jane W. Carney, of Riverside, Appointed to AQMD Board, March 17, 2000

• Board Strengthens Toxic Pollution Rule, March 17, 2000

• Toxics Plan, Final MATES II Toxics Study Presented to Board, March 17, 2000

• 2000 Clean Fuels Plan Outlined, Accomplishments Detailed, March 17, 2000

• New Web Site Gives Driving Directions for Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Stations,
   Feb. 15, 2000

• AQMD Chairman Proposes Adopt-a-Bus Program, Jan. 21, 2000

• Rule Will Reduce Emissions From Area Refineries, Jan. 21, 2000

• Hearing Set for Executive Officer's FY 2000-01 Goals, Jan. 21, 2000

• Strong Response to Diesel Replacement Program, Jan. 21, 2000