EPA Wins Criminal, Civil Fines In Device Case, Highlighting Coordination

EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have won large civil penalties and criminal fines from a North Carolina company for unlawfully manufacturing, selling and installing “defeat devices” that disable truck emission controls, highlighting the enforcement office’s new policy aimed at better coordinating such efforts. According to an EPA spokesman, North Carolina-based Rudy’s Performance Parts, Inc. entered a guilty plea at a Sept. 10 hearing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and will pay a $2.4...