# MR. JAMES PIERCE D/B/A J & M AUTO SERVICE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37995`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0301
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MR. JAMES PIERCE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 113(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C.    SECTION 7413(A)(3).                                       2. MR. JAMES PIERCE D/B/A J & M AUTO SERVICE                    2166 GRAPE STREET                                            ABILENE, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS 79601                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 609 OF THE CAA BY     PERFORMING AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF R-134A RETROFITS ON      MOTOR VEHICLES AIR CONDITIONERS (MVACS) AND REPAIRED AND/    OR SERVICED AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF MVACS THAT INVOLVED     R-134A WITHOUT THE STATUTORILY REQUIRED REFRIGERANT RE-      CYCLING EQUIPMENT AT THE FACILITY.                        4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(A)(3) OF THE CAA,      EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER (ACO) TO       THE RESPONDENT. THE ACO ORDERS THE RESPONDENT TO: 1) WITH    IN 10 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACO, RESPONDENT     SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY OF THE SERVICE AND/OR REPAIR AC-     TIVITIES INVOLVING ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS UNLESS AND       UNTIL RESPONDENT COMPLIES WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OP-      TIONS, 2) BY MAY 30, 1998, RESPONDENT SHALL DEMONSTRATE     ITS COMPLIANCE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: A) PURCHASE      APPROVED RECYCLING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED, PROVIDE A WRITTEN     CERTIFICATION THAT IT HAS PURCHASED THE REQUIRED EQUIP-      MENT, AND A STATEMENT VERIFYING THAT THE EQUIPMENT HAS       BEEN INSTALLED AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY AND IS FUNCTION-     ING PROPERLY; OR B) PROVIDE EPA A

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