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 ...

Officials updated residents about emissions that have been released into the air by Hixson Metal Finishing, and the toxic risks associated with them, at a community meeting held by the South Coast ...

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 ...