clean air act

A California-based importer of recreational vehicles and motorcycles will pay $50,000 in fines after reaching an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Justice (DOJ) over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. The vehicles affected include "recreational ...

In a lawsuit filed in early July, Navistar, a U.S.-based manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engines, accused U.S. Environmental Protection Agency director, Lisa Jackson, of not upholding the Clean Air Act and the Agency of not acting to protect public health. At issue is whether emissions-control ...

In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, Navistar, a U.S.-based manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engines, accused U.S. Environmental Protection Agency director, Lisa Jackson, of not upholding the Clean Air Act and the Agency of not acting to protect public health. If what Navistar is claiming ...

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced a settlement to resolve claims that Rocky Mountain Pipeline System, LLC, Western Convenience Stores, Inc. and Offen Petroleum, Inc. illegally mixed and distributed more than one million gallons of ...

The Clean Air Act of 2007 gave the Environmental Protection Agency the right to regulate tailpipe emissions due to their dangers to public health. The law also gave states like California the right to set their own emissions policies; a move that could force automakers to meet several different ...

What is it with companies thinking they can get around the Clean Air Act? Earlier this year, the second-largest refinery in the U.S. was fined $5.3 million (and required to upgrade pollution control systems for $700 million) for CAA violations. Before that, companies like Pep Boys, Cummins and ...

Hovensa LLC, a joint venture between subsidiaries Hess Corporation and Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., owns the second largest petroleum refinery in the U.S. Located on the island of St. Croix, the refinery, officially one of the ten largest in the world, ...

While not the most flashy of lawsuits, the battle over letting E15 (a fuel made up of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline) into the national fuel supply just got a lot bigger today. That's because the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – the trade association that represents 12 ...

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of E15, a 15-percent ethanol and 85-percent gasoline blend, in vehicles from model year 2007 and newer. Now, nine food and farm groups, along with the American Petroleum Institute, are suing the EPA over this decision. According ...

The Clean Air Act has had a tremendous impact on the cars Americans drive and buy – and stands as a sentinel against groups, like Pep Boys, that violate the U.S.'s air quality. Not bad for a 40-year-old. Yes, the EPA's sometimes controversial Clean Air Act celebrates the start of its fifth ...