EPA Blocks Imports from Wildfire Motors, Citing False Applications
The EPA said it's withdrawing approval of the import and sale of up to 74,000 gas-powered on- and off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles from China, saying it believes it received either incomplete or falsified certification information. The EPA had issued the vehicle certificates from 2006 to 2012 to Snyder Technology and Snyder Computer Systems, doing business as Wildfire Motors Corp. (here).
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After a lengthy investigation, the EPA said it believes the applications for the certificates contained misleading information and must be voided. It said it believes the manufacturers failed to accurately test the emissions from their own products, all of which were imported from China. Without proper emission controls, these vehicles can emit substantially more pollution than allowable under Clean Air Act standards, it said. The action impacts the companies that manufactured and imported the vehicles, but consumers who own a model that was covered by these voided certificates are not responsible for these companies' wrongdoing and can continue to use the vehicle.