AQMD air monitoring data have shown that Hixson Metal Finishing, a chrome plating and anodizing facility in the 800 block of Production Place in Newport Beach, is a source of elevated levels of ...

The agency said it will ask its independent hearing board to order Hixson Metal Finishing to reduce its emissions of Chromium 6 “on an expedited schedule.” The plant is located in a partly ...

The South Coast Air Quality Management District said it would ask its independent hearing board to order Hixson Metal Finishing to reduce its emissions of chromium 6 “on an expedited schedule.” ...

from at least one other facility — Hixson Metal Finishing in Newport Beach — where it issued similar orders and citations. Air district officials said other regulatory agencies are ...