Chinese Company to Pay $725,000 Fine for Illegal Importation of Motorcycles and ATVs
A Chinese power sports company and its U.S. affiliate have agreed pay a $725,000 penalty to settle charges that they illegally imported motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, said the Environmental Protection Agency on March 4. Between 2007 and 2013, Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co., Chunfeng Holding Group Co., and their U.S. distributor CFMOTO Powersports imported over 12,000 motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles without the required emissions certifications, said EPA. Of those 12,000 vehicles, EPA found that 993 had fuel tanks that did not operate properly to control gasoline vapors, and that about 1,400 vehicles were imported without proper emission control information labels, it said.
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In addition to the monetary penalty, the companies must institute a recall and fuel tank replacement program to replace all uncertified fuel tanks with certified ones to prevent any excess gasoline vapors, said EPA. The companies must also correct the emission control information labels for 340 vehicles that are still within the control of the companies. EPA said it discovered the violations through a joint investigation with CBP that included review of import documentation.