California Air Resources Board

SSA Terminals (Oakland), LLC Settles Cargo Handling Equipment Violations for $37,500.00

In September 2020, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) settled a case for $37,500.00 with SSA Terminals (Oakland), LLC (SSA) located in Oakland, California.  The penalty was for violations of the Cargo Handling Equipment (CHE) Regulation.  CARB staff discovered the violations during a routine audit of CHE at the SSA terminal in the Port of Oakland.  An investigation by CARB showed that SSA failed to perform annual opacity tests on 29 pieces of CHE as required by the CHE Regulation in 2018 and 2019.  The penalty paid in this case was $1,293.10 per violation for 29 pieces of CHE.  To settle the case, SSA agreed to pay the $37,500.00 penalty and to comply with CARB’s CHE Regulation. 

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