9/8/2020 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,855. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
EPA?S AIR ENFORCEMENT BRANCH, REGION 4, CONDUCTED AN UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION AT VOYLES PERFORMANCE, A DIVISION OF ED VOYLES HONDA (RESPONDENT) ON MARCH 6, 2020. THE INFORMATION COLLECTED DURING THE INSPECTION PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT RESPONDENT SOLD DEFEAT DEVICE PRODUCTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) DELETE HARDWARE (LISTED BELOW), WHICH RENDER INOPERATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS ON EPACERTIFIED 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 DEFEAT DEVICES WHICH RENDER INOPERATIVE ANY ASPECT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE?S EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUMMARIZED BELOW, EPA FINDS THAT RESPONDENT HAS COMMITTED THREE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 203(A)(3)(B) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3)(B).