The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a consent order to Joshua Davis and three diesel shops after EPA filed a complaint against them last summer for their involvement in producing and installing illegal “defeat devices” on vehicles that bypass emissions systems requirements.
The order requires Davis, River City Diesel LLC, RCD Performance LLC, and Midwest Truck and 4WD Center LLC, based in East Peoria, Illinois, “to stop manufacturing, selling, offering to sell, and installing devices that bypass, defeat, or render inoperative EPA-approved emission controls and harm air quality, commonly referred to as Aftermarket Defeat Devices,” EPA said.
Davis and key partners have settled an extensive complaint by the U.S. District Court that charged them with installing illegal defeat devices on tens of thousands of vehicles in violation of the Clean Air Act.
Davis and the companies are set to face a hefty $600,000 penalty in an agreement which will see customers informed that technical support or warranty claims for the unauthorized products won’t be honored.
“By providing devices that avoid air emissions controls, defendants helped others cheat a system designed to protect the public’s health, in particular, elderly and young children,” said Acting Assistant Administrator Larry Starfield of EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. “Today’s settlement holds them accountable for their unlawful acts and not only prohibits the future sale of aftermarket defeat devices by the Defendants, but also mandates Clean Air Act compliance training for all of their employees.”
Source: Overdrive
