8/17/2021- EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $21,211
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
THE ISSUED A CAA SECTION 208 INFORMATION REQUEST TO RESPONDENT ON AUGUST 10, 2020, AND A FOLLOW-UP 208 INFORMATION REQUEST ON FEBRUARY 5, 2021. THE RESPONSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM RESPONDENT, COVERING THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2020 THROUGH MARCH 1, 2020, PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT RESPONDENT TAMPERED WITH THE EPA-CERTIFIED MOTOR VEHICLES AND/OR MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES (LISTED BELOW) BY REMOVING OR RENDERING INOPERATIVE EMISSION CONTROL COMPONENTS ON THE VEHICLES/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. BASED ON INFORMATION SUMMARIZED BELOW, EPA FINDS THAT RESPONDENT HAS COMMITTED 13 VIOLATIONS OF 203(A)(3) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3).