EPA penalizes Premier Performance $3M for selling defeat devices
EPA penalizes Premier Performance $3M for selling defeat devices The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Premier Performance of Rexburg, Idaho, one of the US’ largest sellers of aftermarket automotive parts, has agreed to pay a $3-million penalty under the Clean Air Act for illegally selling emissions-control defeat devices to businesses and individuals throughout the US. EPA alleges that from approximately January 2017 to February 2019, the company and three of its related companies—JB Automotive in Iowa, RallySportDirect in Utah, and Stage 3 Motorsports in Arizona—...