The Governing Board of the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District honored California Compaction with the 2018/2019 William J. “Pete” Knight Memorial AIRE (Achievement in Reducing Emissions) Award for their pivotal role in identifying and implementing various soil and fugitive dust mitigation techniques.. The AIRE award is bestowed annually to a local entity, group or individual which has made an outstanding contribution to the prevention or reduction of air pollution within the AVAQMD’s boundaries, which encompass the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, as well as unincorporated areas of North Los Angeles County. The award was accepted by Mark Norris and Ryan Husbands during the local regulatory air agency’s monthly Governing Board meeting in Lancaster.