DOJ seeks to waive Harley-Davidson air-pollution punishment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration agreed Thursday to waive part of the penalty Harley-Davidson Inc. agreed to pay last year to settle a case over air pollution involving racing tuners that caused its motorcycles to emit higher-than-allowed pollution levels.

The Justice Department filed a new consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It eliminated a requirement that the Milwaukee-based company spend $3 million to curb air pollution in local communities by paying to replace conventional woodstoves with cleaner-burning versions...

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Ken Notes: H-D is hurting right now, I would negotiate a program that captures future profits for the betterment of the environment. If we had done this with the paper industry, Wisconsin would still have a thriving paper industry.