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newsrel -- Premier Performance fined $500,000 for offering illegal aftermarket parts for sale in California

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 14:14:00
Please consider the following news release from the California
Air Resources Board: http://bit.ly/1AhUyvU
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 10, 2015

NEWS RELEASE 15-08

CONTACT:

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

Premier Performance fined $500,000 for offering illegal
aftermarket parts for sale in California 

$129,000 to fund clean school bus and diesel engine emission
reduction projects


SACRAMENTO- The California Air Resources Board today announced
that Premier Performance LLC of Rexburg, Idaho, has agreed to a
settlement totaling $515,000 to resolve violations of the
California Health and Safety Code related to the sales of illegal
aftermarket performance parts in California.

Air Resources Board investigators discovered that Premier, a
large warehouse distributor of aftermarket and performance
automotive parts, sold modifications for pollution controlled
vehicles that had not been approved for use by the ARB, in
violation of California’s anti-tampering laws.

California law prohibits the marketing or sales of parts that
modify emissions control systems of vehicles unless they undergo
a formal evaluation of their impact on the emissions control
capabilities of the vehicles they were intended for. “Maintaining
the integrity of the emissions control systems of vehicles is an
important part of California’s clean air efforts,” said ARB
Enforcement Chief James Ryden. “We take seriously the obligation
to show that products do not reduce the effectiveness of
emissions controls prior to their sale in California.” 

California’s emission control system anti-tampering laws include
provisions to allow manufacturers to sell aftermarket performance
parts once those parts undergo a comprehensive engineering
evaluation 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. 

Premier cooperated with the ARB investigation and promptly halted
sales of non-compliant parts in California. The penalty of
$386,000 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
$129,000 will go to the Statewide School Bus and Diesel Emission
Reduction Supplemental Environmental Project administered by the
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The project is
designed to retrofit or replace old, dirty diesel school buses
operating in California. 

Modified vehicles that no longer meet California's emission
control 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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