EPA Settles Case Over Illegal Vehicle Imports, Sales from China
The Environmental Protection Agency settled a civil case over illegal imports and sales involving four U.S. vehicle importers and a Chinese manufacturer, the agency said on April 7. Those Texas-based companies imported and sold “more than 4,000 uncertified off-road recreational…
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vehicles" using "the brand name Hammerhead between 2007-2011.” The U.S. companies, Geason Enterprises, GE Ventures, Hammerhead Off-Road, and TJ Power Sports, along with the Shanghai Howhit Machinery Manufacture, agreed to pay $560,000 in civil penalties. The imports lacked the necessary certifications and the sales violated the Clean Air Act, the EPA said. “EPA discovered the violations during inspections of imported vehicles at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, the Port of Dallas, the Port of Chicago, and Hammerhead’s warehouse in Dallas,” said the agency (here).