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newsrel -- H&S Performance fined $1 million for offering illegal aftermarket parts for sale in California

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 13:52:05
Please consider the following news release from the California
Air Resources Board: http://bit.ly/1txRrte
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 10, 2014

NEWS RELEASE 14-67

CONTACT:

John Swanton
(916) 322-2990
jswanton@arb.ca.gov


H&S Performance fined $1 million for offering illegal aftermarket
parts for sale in California

$250,000 to fund cleaner school buses

SACRAMENTO- The California Air Resources Board today announced
that H&S Performance LLC has agreed to a stipulated settlement
totaling $1 million to resolve violations of the California
Health and Safety Code related to the sale of illegal aftermarket
performance parts in California.

Air Resources Board investigators discovered that H&S Performance
sold diesel engine parts and modifications that had not received
exemptions from California’s emissions control system
anti-tampering laws. California law prohibits the sale, delivery
or installation of parts that modify emissions control systems of
vehicles unless the manufacturer can demonstrate that they do not
reduce the effectiveness of those controls. 

“An important part of California’s clean air efforts is
maintaining the integrity of the emissions control systems on the
millions of vehicles that travel our highways each day,” said ARB
Enforcement Chief James Ryden. “We take it very seriously when
any manufacturer fails to follow the required procedure to prove
that its performance products do not reduce the capabilities of
the original emissions control system.”  

California’s emission control system anti-tampering laws are a
critical tool in reducing smog-forming emissions from motor
vehicles. These laws also include provisions to allow
manufacturers to sell aftermarket performance parts once they
undergo a comprehensive engineering evaluation and testing
process that ensures that the modifications do not cause excess
emissions. Parts successfully completing this process receive an
Executive Order exemption that allows their sale and installation
on pollution-controlled vehicles. 

This settlement only covers the illegal marketing and sales of
these devices in the California market. Of the total monies
collected under the settlement, $750,000 will be paid to the
California Air Pollution Control Fund, which supports efforts to
decrease air pollution through education and the adoption of
cleaner technologies. The remaining $250,000 of the settlement
will be directed to the School Bus and Diesel Emission Reduction
Supplemental Environmental Project, which helps fund cleaner
vehicles and equipment in California. 

Modified vehicles that no longer meet California's emission
requirements pose a significant health threat to California
residents. They create higher amounts of smog-forming pollutants,
which can then exacerbate respiratory ailments and negatively
affect other health conditions such as shortness of breath,
headaches, birth defects, cancer or damage to internal organs. 


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