This case addresses violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by Homelite Consumer Products Inc., a subsidiary of Techtronic Industries North America Inc., a multinational company that produces products for home improvement, reparation, and construction, headquartered in Anderson, South Carolina. In September 2009 and May of 2010 Homelite imported 720 portable gasoline generators and 384 high pressure washers which failed to comply with the EPA issued certificates of conformity for the equipment.
As part of the settlement with EPA, Homelite has agreed to pay a $65,000 civil penalty.