7/20/2021 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $ 36,326.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
EPA?S REGION 4 ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE DIVISION ISSUED A CAA SECTION 208 INFORMATION REQUEST TO RESPONDENT ON MARCH 9, 2021. THE RESPONSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM RESPONDENT, COVERING THE PERIOD OF NOVEMBER 1, 2020 THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2020, 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. FURTHER RESPONSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM RESPONDENT PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT RESPONDENT ALSO SOLD DEFEAT DEVICE PRODUCTS WHICH BYPASS, DEFEAT, OR RENDER INOPERATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS ON EPA-CERTIFIED MOTOR VEHICLES AND/OR MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 203(A)(3)(A) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3)(A) AND SECTION 203(A)(3)(B) OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7522(A)(3)(B).