Apple has been fined $43,200 by the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District for an air quality violation. The violation occurred at Apple’s Elk Grove facility in April of 2006.

“When a business neglects to observe air quality regulations the health of our citizens is jeopardized,” district executive director Larry Greene said.

It is reported that the violation occurred over several days when Apple operated an emergency standby generator outside of a maintenance or emergency period.

Apple’s Elk Grove facility was originally built as a one-time manufacturing plant to help with demand for Bondi Blue iMacs and Power Mac computers, when demand was replenished at the Taiwan factory the Elk Grove facility was turned into a general purpose facility dealing with shipping, storing, sorting, returns and other tasks.