9/7/2021- EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $7,314.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
EPA REGION ISSUED A CAA SECTION 208 INFORMATION REQUEST TO RESPONDENT ON MARCH 8, 2021. THE RESPONSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM RESPONDENT, COVERING THE PERIOD OF NOVEMBER 1, 2020, THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2021, PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT RESPONDENT TAMPERED WITH THE EPA-CERTIFIED MOTOR VEHICLES AND/OR MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES 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 EPACERTIFIED
VEHICLES AND ENGINES. BASED ON INFORMATION, EPA FINDS THAT RESPONDENT HAS COMMITTED 5 VIOLATIONS OF 203(A)(3) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3).