8//3/2021- EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $8,533.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
EPA'S AIR ENFORCEMENT BRANCH, REGION 4, ISSUED A CAA SECTION 208 INFORMATION REQUEST TO RESPONDENT ON OCTOBER I, 2019. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED ON MARCH 16, 2020 AND RECEIVED ON MARCH 30, 2020. THE RESPONSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM RESPONDENT, COVERING THE PERIOD OF JULY I, 2018 THROUGH OCTOBER 1, 2019, PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT RESPONDENT SOLD DEFEAT DEVICES 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. ? 7S22(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 SEVENTEEN VIOLATIONS OF203(A)(3)(B) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C.? 7S22(A)(3).