Caterpillar to Pay $2.55M for Shipping Engines Violating Clean Air Act
On July 28, 2011, the Justice Department announced that Caterpillar Inc., has agreed to pay a $2.55 million civil penalty to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations for shipping more than 590,000 highway and non-road engines without the correct emissions…
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controls. Caterpillar also allegedly failed to comply with emission control reporting and engine-labeling requirements. Among other things, the consent decree requires Caterpillar to continue its recall of non-compliant engines to install correct emissions controls. The state of California is also settling its claims for violations arising from the sale in California of the improperly configured engines, and will receive $510,000 of the civil penalty.