4/24/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $20,000. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT, BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 2018, AND NOVEMBER 8, 2019, RESPONDENT COMMITTED APPROXIMATELY 245 VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 203(A)(3)(B) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3)(B), BY
MANUFACTURING, SELLING, OFFERING FOR SALE, AND/OR INSTALLING, THE AFTERMARKET DEFEAT DEVICES AS IDENTIFIED IN THIS CAFO; PARTS 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, DIESEL OXIDATION CATALYSTS, DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS, SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION AND ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS.