# WAL-MART STORES INC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2006 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `164161`
- **Case Number:** 01-2006-1002
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- WAL-MART STORES INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REGION I HAS REACHED A CLEAN AIR ACT SETTLEMENT WITH WAL-MART STORES, INC., FOR ILLEGAL IDLING BY DELIVERY TRUCKS AT WAL-MART FACILITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT. AT SIX DIFFERENT WAL-MART PROPERTIES, EPA OBSERVED TRUCKS OWNED BY WAL-MART AND OTHER TRUCKING COMPANIES IDLING FOR LONG PERIODS IN THE NIGHT. IN MASSACHUSETTS, FEDERALLY-ENFORCABLE REGULATIONS PROHIBIT MOTOR VEHICLE IDLING OVER FIVE MINUTES (WITH EXCEPTIONS FOR PERIODS OF TRAFFIC, REPAIRS, AND OPERATION OF LOADING OR REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT). THE CONNECTICUT REGULATION HAS A THREE MINUTE LIMIT WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE 20 DEGREES F, WITH SIMILAR EXCEPTIONS FOR TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, REPAIRS, ETC.
    UNDER THE SETTLEMENT, WAL-MART WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING MEASURES TO COMBAT TRUCK IDLING: 1)COMPLY WITH IDLING RESTRICTIONS IN THE SIX STATES THAT HVE FEDERALLY-ENFORCABLE IDLING LIMITS (MA,CT,NJ,VA, AND THE GALVESTON/HOUSTON AREA COUNTIES IN TX, AND HI); 2)POST  NO IDLING  SIGNS AT EVERY WAL-MART FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY; 3) TRAIN ITS DRIVERS TO COMPLY WITH IDLING LIMITATION IN THE ABOVE SIX STATES; AND 4) NOTIFY OTHER DELIVERY COMPANIES THAT IDLING IS NOT PERMITTED ON WAL-MART PROPERTY., AND THAT CARRIERS MUST COMPLY WITH LOCAL IDLING RESTRICTIONS.

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