# KOOKS CUSTOM HEADERS, INC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2023 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3603553796`
- **Case Number:** 04-2023-0051
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- KOOKS CUSTOM HEADERS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

3/23/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $300,000. PENALTY DUE IN TWELVE INSTALLMENTS AS OUTLINED IN THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE WITHIN THIS CAFO.

ALLEGED VIOLATIONS: 
-THE EPA ALLEGES THAT THE PARTS IDENTIFIED IN APPENDIX A OF THIS CAFO (INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE) ARE PARTS OR COMPONENTS INTENDED FOR USE WITH, OR AS PART OF, MOTOR VEHICLES OR MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES, AND A PRINCIPAL EFFECT OF THE PARTS OR COMPONENTS IS TO BYPASS, DEFEAT, OR RENDER INOPERATIVE EMISSIONS-RELATED DEVICES OR ELEMENTS OF DESIGN THAT ARE INSTALLED IN OR ON A MOTOR VEHICLE TO MEET THE REGULATIONS UNDER SUBPART A OF TITLE II OF THE ACT, SUCH AS EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION AND CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.
-THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE PARTS IDENTIFIED IN APPENDIX A WERE BEING OFFERED FOR SALE OR INSTALLED FOR SUCH USE OR PUT TO SUCH USE, IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 203(A)(3)(B) OF THE ACT, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3)(B).
- THE EPA ALLEGES THAT, BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 2018, AND OCTOBER 16, 2019, RESPONDENT COMMITTED APPROXIMATELY 8,359 VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 203(A)(3)(B) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3)(B), BY MANUFACTURING, SELLING, AND/OR OFFERING FOR SALE, THE AFTERMARKET DEFEAT DEVICES IDENTIFIED IN APPENDIX A OF THIS CAFO.

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