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Environmental

Jul. 30, 2011

Caterpillar agrees to pay $2.5 million

Caterpillar Inc. agreed Thursday to pay $2.5 million - $510,000 of which would go to California - to settle alleged violations of environmental laws related to emissions from the company's diesel engines.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - Caterpillar Inc. has agreed to pay $2.5 million - $510,000 of which would go to California - to settle alleged violations of environmental laws related to emissions from the company's diesel engines, federal authorities announced Thursday.


The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency claimed that the trucking giant shipped more than 590,000 engines lacking devices ...

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