A Lodi bakery has agreed to pay $1.3 million in fines and new equipment after an investigation discovered that the business was releasing harmful chemical vapors into the air.
According to a press release from the Environmental Protection Agency, Ralcorp's Cottage Bakery, located on South Stockton Street, has been ordered to pay a penalty of $625,000 after a nearly three-year investigation revealed the business failed to apply for air pollution permits to install and operate the facility's ovens and other air pollution controls that minimize the release of volatile organic compounds, including ethanol.
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Kim Parigoris posted at 10:05 am on Mon, Jul 2, 2012.
They won't be safe in Texas..EPA is everywhere, hammering down on United States businesses.. Just go to EPA's website- they have a Bragging Wall where they post all their conquests, much like the California Air Resources Board. The Sierra Club filed a suit against a Wisconsin diary and had the EPA go in and fine. The EPA needs to be defunded. Another nice idea that formed another government agancy that has taken on a life of itw own and has grown in to a monster
Darrell Baumbach posted at 3:31 pm on Fri, Jun 29, 2012.
Kim stated...And, companies that are smart see that, they don’t want to play that game, and they decide at that point that it’s time to clean up""
or.............move to Texas, China, India or Singapore.
Mary Sibert posted at 2:52 pm on Thu, Jun 28, 2012.
How many years of investigation does it take for the EPA to figure out the pollution content? Hmmmm... that is quite a bit of continued pollution going into the air while they sit back and decide whether to wait another year before bringing Cottage Bakery up on charges. [sad]
Kim Parigoris posted at 1:57 pm on Wed, Jun 27, 2012.
EPA is a rogue agency..Here is a quote in 2010 by a former EPA official- This is the mindset of the EPA..
"I was in a meeting once and I gave an analogy to my staff…the Romans used to conquer little villages in the Mediterranean. They’d go into a little Turkish town somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they saw and they would crucify them. And then you know that town was really easy to manage for the next few years.
And so you make examples out of people who are in this case not compliant with the law. Find people who are not compliant with the law, and you hit them as hard as you can and you make examples out of them, and there is a deterrent effect there.
And, companies that are smart see that, they don’t want to play that game, and they decide at that point that it’s time to clean up""
Tom Gillilan posted at 1:23 am on Wed, Jun 27, 2012.
IF YOU TRAVEL TO LOS ANGELES BRING YOUR OWN AIR AND A GAS MASK
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS EVERYWHERE and carbon monoxide and methane and more.
EPA APPROVED TOXIC SMOKE POLLUTION APPROVED IN LA
Every day. Non filtered. Unlimited.