Region 5 filed an Expedited Settlement Agreement (ESA) commencing and concluding an administrative matter under Mobile Source requirements of Section 203(a)(3) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), with Ursa Truck & Trailer Repair, LLC (Respondent).
Section 203(a)(3)(A) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(a)(3)(A), prohibits ?any person to [knowingly] remove or render inoperative any device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine in compliance with regulations under [Title II of the CAA].? Section 203(a)(3)(B) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(a)(3)(B), prohibits the act of (or the causing thereof) ?sell[ing], offer[ing] to sell, or install[ing], any part or component intended for use with, or as part of, any motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine, where a principal effect of the part or component is to bypass, defeat, or render inoperative any device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine in compliance with regulations under [Title II of the CAA].? These parts or components are also referred to as ?defeat devices.? Based on the information provided, Respondents tampered with and/or sold defeat devices for at least 17 vehicle/engines between 2022 and 2024.
Under the ESA, Respondent will: no longer purchase, lease, or operate tampered vehicles and engines; cease manufacturing, selling, offering to sell, or installing any part or component that bypasses, defeats, or renders inoperative any device or element of d