Tag: Clean Air Act

Construction Equipment

Hyundai’s ex-lawyer charged with perjury from illegal diesel engine case

Hyundai’s former lawyer has been indicted on federal charges of perjury and obstruction of justice stemming from his involvement in attempts to cover up diesel-engine violations. Attorney John Lee of Chicago faces three counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to a grand jury in 2017 about his legal […]

December 3, 2019

Construction Equipment

Feds fine Hyundai $47 million for violating emissions regs for construction equipment

Hyundai Construction Equipment has agreed to pay $47 million in civil fines for allegedly violating U.S. emissions standards on heavy construction equipment.

October 2, 2019

Business

AGC urges Trump administration to back off threat of cutting Calif. highway funding

The Associated General Contractors has weighed in on the dispute between California and the Trump administration, calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to delay any cuts to highway funding to the state. AGC officials say cutting funding would put at risk “the livelihood of thousands of construction workers and the success of hundreds of […]

September 27, 2019

Equipment

Feds fine Hyundai CE $2M for lying to EPA about non-compliant engines

Hyundai CE Americas has been fined $1.9 million for attempting to defraud the U.S. Government and violating the Clean Air Act. Learn more here.

November 19, 2018

Construction Equipment

“Rollin’ Coal” drivers modify diesel pickups to blast people with plumes of black smoke in protest of emissions regulations

A new trend among certain fed up drivers of diesel pickups is gaining quite a bit of attention across the country as it has led to many innocent pedestrians and bike riders being blasted with a sudden and massive plume of soot by passing trucks. It’s called “Rollin’ Coal” and according to a report from […]

July 8, 2014

Pickups

EPA Fines DPF Delete Manufacturers Millions

Edge Products reaches $657,000 settlement with the EPA for selling DPF Delete tuners

January 24, 2013

Pickups

SPECIAL REPORT: DPF DELETES

EPA brings heat to aftermarket manufacturers of pollution-control defeat devices, programmers and software; products pulled from the market

January 10, 2013

Roadbuilding

Cat pays $510K for shipping, selling uncertified equipment in California

Caterpillar will pay a fine of $510,000 to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for shipping more than 590,000 on-road and off-road engines that did not have legally required emissions controls installed. The investigation of these violations was conducted with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice based on similar conduct […]

July 9, 2012

Equipment

Navistar sues EPA again over ‘irrelevant’ SCR rule

Navistar has filed another suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, signaling the latest round in the ongoing battle between the exhaust gas recirculation-only engine manufacturer and its competitors, all of which are using selective catalytic reduction technology to meet 2010 diesel exhaust emissions regulations. Navistar opted to use in-cylinder EGR technology to meet the […]

July 26, 2011

Equipment

California Crackdown: Part III

How the rest of the country deals with equipment generated emissions By Tom Jackson, Mike Anderson, Amy Materson and Marcia Gruver Editor’s note: This is the third in a series examining the impact of the California Air Resources Board’s off-highway emissions reduction regulations on construction contractors. While California awaits approval from the federal Environmental Protection […]

June 7, 2010

Business

American Iron and Steel Institute: EPA’s greenhouse gases ‘tailoring rule’ will cost jobs

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson offered the following comment today on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tailoring Rule. “The Tailoring Rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency today does not solve the fundamental problems associated with regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, which is that failure […]

May 13, 2010

Business

California Crackdown

Up in the air? California postpones enforcement of its off-highway emissions rule, leaving contractors wondering what to do next. By Marcia Gruver and Mike Anderson   Editor’s note: This is the first part in a series of articles on California’s off-highway emissions regulations and their potential impact on the rest of the country.   California’s […]

April 3, 2010