EPA Announces Fines for Cat Engines

Levy Almost Twice as Much as Company Officials Expected

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he Environmental Protection Agency announced the level of fines it will levy against Caterpillar Inc. for producing two models of the company’s heavy-truck engines that emit greater levels of emissions than EPA’s guidelines allow.

For one of the engines, the C-10, the fine appeared to be nearly twice what the company had expected, due to an unanticipated high reading for particulate matter emissions.

The company had anticipated the non-compliance penalties, paying $40 million into an escrow account. Caterpillar officials have been unwilling to talk about fine amounts for particular engines. It was contacted for comment for this article, but declined to respond.

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