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The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that they reached a settlement with Advanced Flow Engineering under which the company agreed to pay a $250,000 penalty and halt its manufacturing and sales of “defeat devices.”
These devices reportedly override emission controls that are approved through the EPA, causing a decreased air quality. The EPA alleged in a complaint filed on Tuesday, after the settlement was reached, that the defendants actions violated the Clean Air Act. According to the plaintiff, Advanced Flow Engineering has manufactured and sold over 63,000 defeat devices since 2014.
The $250,000 fine is reportedly based on the defendant’s “financial situation.” In another EPA defeat devices settlement with a similar amount of illegal products sold, the settlement amount was $3 million, in this case the defendants included multiple companies. A settlement in another matter, how
Source: United States Department of Justice News
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Advanced Flow Engineering (aFe), an automotive parts manufacturer and distributor based in Corona, California, has agreed to stop manufacturing and selling parts for motor vehicles that, when installed, defeat, disable or override EPA-approved emission controls and harm air quality.