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Clean Air Act Title II: Tampering Inspection
INSPECTION REPORT
Version: 3/27/2019
Attached please find the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) inspection report of your inspected facility and/or any vehicles/engines identified therein. EPA is providing this report as a matter of agency policy and will contact you again only if needed.
EPA conducted inspections in partnership with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to determine compliance with Applicable Law. Section 203(a)(1) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7522(a)(1), prohibits a manufacturer from selling, offering for sale, introducing, or delivering for introduction into commerce, or any person from importing, any new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine manufactured after the effective date of the applicable regulations, unless such vehicle or engine is covered by an EPA-issued certificate of conformity (COC) or is properly exempt or excluded from the certification requirement.
Section 203(a)(3)(B) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7522(a)(3)(B), prohibits any person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, or installing, any part or component intended for use with, or as part of, any motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine, where a principal effect of the part or component is to bypass, defeat, or render inoperative any device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine in compliance with regulations under this subchapter, and where the person knows or should know that such part or component is being offered for sale or installed for such use or put to such use.
Section 203(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7522(a), also prohibits causing the actions described under Sections 203(a)(1) and 203(a)(3)(B) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7522(a)(1), 7522(a)(3)(B).
Inspection Information Inspection Date(s): April 21-23, 2025
Regulatory Program(s): 40 C.F.R. Parts 85, 86, and 1068
EPA Region/Program Conducting Inspection:
Facility Name:
EPA Region 8, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, Air and Toxics Enforcement Branch U.S. Department of Homeland Security Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Sweetgrass, Montana
Inspector and Approval
Colin Lecortz Field Inspector Name
Scott Patefield Name of Approving Official
Manager Title
4/28/2025
Digitally signed by SCOTT
SCOTT PATEFIELD PATEFIELD Date: 2025.04.29 08:48:10 -06'00'
Signature
Date
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Date
Entry ID and Description if Shipment contains EPA Concerns
Version: 3/27/2019 Status
4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025 4/21/2025
4/22/2025 4/22/2025 4/22/2025 4/22/2025
4/22/2025 4/22/2025 4/22/2025 4/22/2025 4/22/2025 4/23/2025 4/23/2025 4/23/2025 4/23/2025
CIU-90949656 CIU-90949508 BGK05362265 CIU-90949649 AZJ0210002 101-30598346
BGK57146145
FDEG-287377138025
FDEG-1054499377
FDEG-10544998819
FDEG-10544998812
FDEG-1054495371. EZLink Auto Agent 3 and DSP/SOTF Switch from OCDiesel, located in Edmonton, Canada. EZLink Auto Agent 3 is a tuner that may be used with stock or modified vehicles. End use was not able to be determined if the unit will be a defeat device, and therefore EPA and CBP released the unit. 30018594540
CIU-90949680
FXFC6157296305
CZD-P0002785: 4 total trucks. One truck, 2018 Ford F-350, 6.7L. Missing DPF/SCR, was observed with a straight pipe. Exhaust sensors were disconnected. Blue smoke from exhaust at startup and idle. VIN 1FT8W3BT5NEC72124
AZJ-0209741-7
9X2-9042703-4
BGK05362463
BGK05362471
BGK05362448
CIU-90949946
CIU-90949938
BGK-05362521
BGK-57146426
No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released Released
No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released Denied Entry under CBP and EPA Authority. Missing DPF/SCR, was observed with a straight pipe. Exhaust sensors were disconnected. Denial Letter is provided to CBP. No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released No EPA Concerns, Released
Inspection Outcome
Total
25
Released
24
Denied
1
Warning Letters
0
Targeting Statistics Count
100% 96% 4% 0%
Percent
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