This case addresses violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by The Tractor Company, Inc., a retailer and importer/exporter of trucks, trailers and tractors based in Beaver, West Virginia. In November, 2010, The Tractor Company imported 2 Caterpillar off-highway trucks containing remanufactured engines which were not covered by an EPA issued Certificate of Conformity. The CAA requires, among other things, that nonroad equipment be covered by an EPA issued Certificate of Conformity (see 40 C.F.R. section 89).
As part of the settlement with EPA, VN Tractors has agreed to pay a $55,000 civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury and to export or destroy both of the non-conforming engines.