8/10/2020- EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
DURING AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED IN JULY 2017, THE EPA OBTAINED EVIDENCE THAT MOUNTAIN POWER PERFORMANCE (RESPONDENT) TAMPERED WITH THE VEHICLES/ENGINES LISTED BELOW AND SOLD DEFEAT DEVICES, PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW WHICH RENDER INOPERATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS ON EPA-CERTIFIED MOTOR VEHICLES AND/OR MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF SECTION 203(A)(3)(A) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3)(A) TO TAMPER WITH EPA-CERTIFIED VEHICLES AND ENGINES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF SECTION 203(A)(3)(B) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3)(B) TO SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR INSTALL A DEFEAT DEVICE INTENDED FOR USE WITH EPA-CERTIFIED MOTOR VEHICLES AND ENGINES. BASED ON INFORMATION SUMMARIZED BELOW, EPA FINDS THAT RESPONDENT HAS COMMITTED 39 VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 203(A)(3) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3).