8/26/2022 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,295.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
EPA?S AIR ENFORCEMENT BRANCH, REGION 4, CONDUCTED A MOBILE SOURCE INSPECTION AT THE RESPONDENT?S FACILITY ON MAY 25, 2022. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE RESPONDENT POST-INSPECTION, COVERING THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 1, 2022, THROUGH MAY 25, 2022, PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT RESPONDENT TAMPERED WITH THE EPA-CERTIFIED MOTOR VEHICLE AND/OR MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINE (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 EPACERTIFIED VEHICLES AND ENGINES. BASED ON INFORMATION SUMMARIZED BELOW, EPA FINDS THAT RESPONDENT HAS COMMITTED A VIOLATION OF 203(A)(3) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3).