EPA v. EAST COAST DIESEL, LLC

Case summary

On June 7, 2021 Region III filed a CAFO simultaneously initiating and resolving a civil penalty action against East Coast Diesel, LLC ( Respondent ), which at all times relevant to the CAFO owned and operated a facility which sold, and offered for sale, aftermarket parts and components intended for use with, or as part of, motor vehicles or motor vehicle engines, located at 529 Shirksville Road, Jonestown, PA 17038 (the Facility ). The basis of the CAFO is Respondent's violation of Section 203(a)(3) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7522(a)(3), by having sold, and offered for sale, aftermarket parts and components intended for use with, or as part of, motor vehicles or motor vehicle engines that have a principal effect of bypassing, defeating, or rendering inoperative emission control devices and elements of design installed in or on a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine on 632 instances between January 1, 2016 and October 16, 2018. The failure to meet these requirements was identified by a CAA Section 114 information request dated October 16, 2018, and Respondent's response thereto, dated February 13, 2019.

Defendants (1)

• EAST COAST DIESEL, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• EAST COAST DIESEL, LLC

  529 SHIRKSVILLE RD., JONESTOWN, PA, 17038

  Registry ID: 110070385829

Statutes cited

• CAA 203 — Prohibited Acts - Motor Vehicle & Motor Vehicle Engines

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EAST COAST DIESEL, LLCentered 2021-06-07

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $20,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2021-06-07Final Order Issued
• 2021-06-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2021-06-11Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2021-06-15Enforcement Action Closed