EPA Nicks Wood Chipper Maker for $3 Million Penalty

A Michigan wood and waste processing manufacturer agreed to pay $3 million to settle Environmental Protection Agency claims it sold diesel-fuel machinery that violated Clean Air Act emissions standards (United States v. Bandit Indus. Inc., W.D. Mich., 17-cv-00056, settlement 1/18/17).

The EPA claimed in its Jan. 18 lawsuit that Remus, Mich.-based Bandit Industries Inc., a manufacturer of wood chippers and stump grinders, sold diesel-fuel engines that were not covered by Clean Air Act certificates of conformity, which allow the engines to be entered into commerce, or that were exempt from the certification regime.

Though the EPA ...