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MTD Products in Medina County 1 of 4 businesses to violate federal Clean Air Act
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Friday, Apr 25, 2008
Three American companies and a Taiwan manufacturer will pay a $2 million civil fine for importing and distributing 200,000 chainsaws that excessively pollute.
MTD Products in Medina County's Liverpool Township and its subsidiary, MTD Southwest of Tucson, Ariz., were identified as parties in the settlement announced Thursday by the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Also involved were Jenn Feng Industrial Co. of Taiwan and its subsidiary, McCullough Corp. of Sante Fe Springs, Calif.
The consent decree has been filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It is subject to a 30-day public period and must be approved by a federal judge.
Jenn Feng manufactured the engines for sale in the United States and McCullough obtained EPA approval for the engines. MTD Products/MTD Southwest purchased the engines from Jenn Feng and imported and distributed them in the U.S.
More than 100,000 of the chainsaws were sold to customers at Sears, McCullough and Troy-Bilt retails outlets, the federal agencies said.
The chainsaws will emit 268 tons of excessive pollution that contribute to ozone over their lifetimes.
Ozone can cause breathing problems for the elderly, children and asthmatics.
The settlement involves the largest civil penalty for violations of the federal Clean Air Act for engines in nonroad equipment.
In addition to the fine, the four companies also must spend $5 million on environmentally friendly projects to reduce air pollution.
That includes installing streetlights with light-emitting diodes and adding low-permeable fuel lines in at least 1 million engines used in lawn and garden equipment.
Those steps will more than make up for the extra pollution caused by the chainsaws, said Ronald J. Tenpas, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
Three American companies and a Taiwan manufacturer will pay a $2 million civil fine for importing and distributing 200,000 chainsaws that excessively pollute.
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