Tractor Supply Announces Settlement With Environmental Protection Agency

(RTTNews) - U.S. rural lifestyle retail store chain Tractor Supply Co. (TSCO) Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the sale of its small-engine merchandise.

Tractor Supply Company said it will implement a formal compliance program designed to ensure that all small-engine products purchased by the Company for resale comply with the Clean Air Act. Further, it agreed to pay a civil penalty of $775,000, most of which is being reimbursed by a vendor who sold the small engine products at issue to the Company during the 2006 to 2009. The company noted that there is no evidence that any of the products sold by Tractor Supply exceeded permissible emissions levels.