9/6/2023 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $8,370. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 15 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
THE EPA AIR ENFORCEMENT BRANCH, REGION 4, ISSUED A CAA SECTION 208 INFORMATION REQUEST TO RESPONDENT ON OCTOBER 5,
2021. THE RESPONSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM RESPONDENT, COVERING THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2019, THROUGH JANUARY 6, 2022, 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 EPA-CERTIFIED VEHICLES AND ENGINES. BASED ON THE INFORMATION, EPA FINDS THAT RESPONDENT HAS COMMITTED THREE (3) VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 203(A)(3)(A) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3).