EPA v. Northern Tool & Equipment

Case summary

This case addresses violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. ( Northern ), a chain of hardware stores based in Burnsville, Minnesota. Between February 2007 and February 2011, Northern imported 2,161 uncertified cutoff saws, 1,854 uncertified chainsaws, 104 uncertified recreational vehicles, 208 uncertified on-highway motorcycles and 44 unlabeled gasoline engines. The CAA requires, among other things, that nonroad equipment be covered by an EPA issued Certificate of Conformity, and that it bear an EPA emissions label readily visible to the average person. As part of the settlement with EPA, Northern paid a $400,000 civil penalty.

Defendants (1)

• Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NORTHERN TOOL & EQUIPMENT

  2800 SOUTHCROSS DRIVE WEST, BURNSVILLE, MN, 55337

  Registry ID: 110008818752

Statutes cited

• CAA 203 — Prohibited Acts - Motor Vehicle & Motor Vehicle Engines
• CAA 213 — Non-road Engines & Vehicles

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Northern Tool & Equipmententered 2012-09-19

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $400,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2012-09-19Enforcement Action Closed
• 2012-09-19Final Order Issued
• 2012-09-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2012-10-06Enforcement Action Data Entered