Residents of Riverbank met with the staff from the California Department of Transportation, the California Air Resources Board and Stanislaus County to identify areas impacted by heavy truck fumes and what enforcement is in place to address it.
The workshop was Valley Improvement Projects’ last scheduled before it publishes the Stanislaus County Emissions Reduction Plan, a document designed to present the community’s response to environmental impacts in the county.
The plan will call for more stringent enforcement of environmental laws in a section of the state that, due to the Central Valley’s bowllike shape and high-emission industries, is one of the worst counties for air quality…