EPA Reaches Settlements with Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska Companies for Automobile ‘Defeat Device’ Violations
February 1, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 1, 2022) – The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered into settlement agreements with three companies to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act. According to EPA, the companies installed and / or sold illegal “defeat devices” in vehicle engines designed to render emissions controls inoperative. “Modifying …