EPA slaps diesel repair shops with fines for ‘defeat device’ violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued tens of thousands of dollars worth of civil penalties to two midwestern diesel repair shops for selling or installing devices designed to disable emission controls.
According to the EPA, diesel repair shop Midwest Truck Products LLC of Cantril, Iowa, has been ordered to pay a $75,000 penalty. South Central Diesel Inc. of Holdrege, Nebraska,...