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Company: Rudy's Performance Parts Inc.
Penalty: $9,400,000
Year: 2024
Date: September 10, 2024
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: air pollution violation
Violation Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act settlement agreement with Rudy's Performance Parts Inc. (Rudy's), a North Carolina automotive parts manufacturer and seller, and its owner to pay criminal fines and civil penalties for manufacturing, selling and installing devices, commonly known as defeat devices, used to remove or disable truck emissions controls. Rudy's pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act. U.S. District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden for the District of Columbia ordered Rudy's to pay a criminal fine of $2.4 million and to complete a three-year period of organizational probation. Separate from the criminal action, EPA and the Justice Department filed a civil complaint in 2022 against Rudy's and its owner for violating the Clean Air Act by manufacturing, selling and installing defeat devices and failing to adequately respond to the EPA's formal requests for information. Under a consent decree filed July 29, 2024, they agred to a $7 million civil penalty for those violations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
Facility State: North Carolina
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.