# RYMES HEATING OILS INC
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `888`
- **Case Number:** 01-1998-0080
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $200K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $1K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- RYMES HEATING OILS INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CLEAN AIR ACT PROHIBITS ANY PERSON FROM SELLING OR    DISTRIBUTING DIESEL FUEL USE IN MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH CONTAIN A SULFUR CONTENT IN EXCESS OF .05 PERCENT WEIGHT. BEGINNING  IN SEPTEMBER 1996 UNTIL LATE 1997, RYMES HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE    NHDOT WITH COMPLYING (SULFUR) DIESEL FOR USE IN ITS MOTOR    VEHICLES. ON AT LEAST 112 SEPARATE OCCASIONS DURING THE      TERM OF THE CONTRACT, RYMES SOLD NONCOMPLYING, HIGH SULFUR   FUEL (NAME HOME HEATING OIL OR #2 FUEL OIL ) TO NHDOT, IN    VIOLATION OF THE ACT AND THE DIES REGULATIONS AT 40 CFR      PART 80. THIS IS A JUDICIAL REFERRAL TO DOJ FOR THE          COMMENCEMENT OF A CIVIL ACTION IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR    THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS ACTION SEEKS MONETARY    PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO DETER VIOLATIONS BY RYMES AND OTHERS WITHIN THE REGULATED COMMUNITY.

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