9/7/2021- EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $17,797.00.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
EPA REGION 4 ISSUED A CAA SECTION 208 INFORMATION REQUEST TO RESPONDENT ON AUGUST 21, 2020. THE RESPONSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM RESPONDENT, COVERING THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2020, THROUGH MARCH 1, 2020, PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT RESPONDENT TAMPERED WITH 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. EPA FINDS THAT RESPONDENT HAS COMMITTED 11 VIOLATIONS OF 203(A)(3) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3).