ON TWO DAYS IN MAY 2007, EPA CONDUCTED UNANNOUNCED OBSERVATIONS OF CAPITOL'S REFUSE TRUCK LOT IN REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS. THE EVIDENCE GATHERED INDICATES THAT CAPITOL FREQUENTLY VIOLATED THE MASSACHUSETTS IDLING REGULATION AT THIS REFUSE TRUCK LOT. THE IDLING REGULATION LIMITS IDLING TO FIVE MINUTES, WITH A FEW INAPPLICABLE EXCEPTIONS. OVER TOW DAYS, EPA ALLEGES, CAPITOL IDLED 100 TRUCKS FOR APPROXIMATELY 2164 MINUTES, OR AN AVERAGE OF 21 MINUTES PER TRUCK. DIESEL IDLING RELEASES POLLUTANTS THAT CAN HARM LUNGS, EXACERBATE ASTHMA, AND CAUSE CANCER. THE TRUCK LOT IS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE ACTION SEEKS A PENALTY OF $107,300.