Detroit Diesel Corp. will pay $28.5 million in fines and pollution-reduction projects to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act, the U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced Oct. 6.
The company was cited by the federal regulators for selling heavy-duty diesel engines that were not certified by EPA and did not meet applicable emissions standards. Detroit Diesel will pay a $14 million civil penalty and will spend $14.5 million on projects to reduce nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants, including replacing high-polluting school buses and locomotive engines with models that meet current emissions standards, the federal agencies announced.
