Manitowoc settles with EPA on Clean Air Act violations

The Manitowoc Company agreed to the terms of a Consent Decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding alleged violations of the Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (TPEM), a program under the U.S. Clean Air Act. Manitowoc will pay a civil penalty of US$42.6 million and complete an emissions mitigation project upgrading a short-line

locomotive engine in Maryland, the company said in a press release.

Completion of the terms in the Consent Decree settled the matter and released Manitowoc from civil claims under the Clean Air Act and the company’s participation in the TPEM program. 

“This agreement concludes a matter announced in a press release dated January 17, 2022, in which Manitowoc announced that an internal investigation indicated the company may not have met all requirements of the TPEM program for a portion of engines mounted on Manitowoc mobile cranes sold in the U.S. between 2014 and 2017,” the company said. “Manitowoc has booked a financial reserve for the settlement of this matter.”

Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and founded in 1902, Manitowoc is one of the world’s largest crane manufacturers. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries it designs, manufactures, markets, distributes, and supports mobile hydraulic cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, boom trucks, and tower cranes under the Aspen Equipment, Grove, Manitowoc, MGX Equipment Services, National Crane, Potain, and Shuttlelift brand names.