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SAME DEUTZ-FAHR NA, INC

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 57672

$3K
Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
HQ-2000-0003
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

ON OR ABOUT THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1999, U.S. CUSTOMS D ETAINED ELEVEN (11) ENGINES IMPORTED BY RESPONDENT BECAUSE T HEY DID NOT CONTAIN THE EPA MANDATED LABEL AS SET FORTH IN 4 0 C.F.R. 89.110-96. FIVE (5) OF THE DETAINED ENGINES (ALL UNDER 25 HP ENGINES) WERE RELEASED UPON RECEIPT OF PROOF THA T THEY WERE MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO 1999 AND THEREFORE WERE NO T SUBJECT TO 40 C.F.R. 89.110-96. RESPONDENT PROVIDED EVIDE NCE OF EPA CERTIFICATION OF THE SUBJECT ENGINES BUT WAS UNAB LE TO SUBMIT PROOF OF LABELING. THEREFORE, EPA IMPOSED A FI NE OF $500 PER IMPROPERLY LABELED SUBJECT ENGINE, TOTALING $ 3,000. AS A PART OF THE SETTLEMENT IMPORTER HAS AGREED TO L OCATE AND INSPECT A RANDOM SAMPLE CONSISTING OF AT LEAST 10% OF THE 231 ENGINES PREVIOUSLY IMPORTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF D ETERMINING WHETHER THE ENGINES ARE CERTIFIED AND AN EPA EMIS SION LABEL IS PRESENT, LEGIBLE, AND READILY VISIBLE.

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