8/10/2020- EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $37,588. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
EPA?S AIR ENFORCEMENT BRANCH, REGION 4, SENT A CAA SECTION 208 INFORMATION REQUEST TO GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE OF
MIAMI, INC. (RESPONDENT) DATED DECEMBER 12, 2019. THE RESPONSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM RESPONDENT,
COVERING THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2019, PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT RESPONDENT SOLD
DEFEAT DEVICE 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)(B) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3)(B), TO SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR INSTALL DEFEAT DEVICES INTENDED FOR USE WITH EPA-CERTIFIED MOTOR VEHICLES AND ENGINES. BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUMMARIZED BELOW, EPA FINDS THAT RESPONDENT HAS COMMITTED 52 VIOLATIONS OF 203(A)(3) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3).