SACRAMENTO – Under a settlement agreement reached with the California Air Resources Board, Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling LLC will pay $137,000 in penalties for violating a state air quality regulation.
A routine investigation conducted by CARB staff revealed that Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling, a West Coast bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola brands, failed to meet smoke-test requirements for many heavy-duty diesel trucks in its fleet. The case was settled in June.
The documented violations were related to the Periodic Smoke Inspection Program requiring California fleets with two or more heavy-duty vehicles to do annual smoke opacity self-testing. A smoke opacity test uses instruments that are designed to quantify the visible black smoke emissions and determine if they are over the legal limit.