This settlement is part of a national case against Sam's Club/Wal-Mart stores led by Region 7. Sam's Club allowed the sale of Class I and II refrigerants to non-certified persons on 20 separate occasions spanning locations across the country. Sam's Club has agreed to stop this practice and pay a civil penalty of $400,000. Region 5 had a total of 3 facilities/buys in which we received $20,000 penalty credit for each, totalling $60,000 in penalties.
The case involves Region 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7. The enforcement actitivity numbers are: 07-1998-0282, 03-2000-0510