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Two China-based companies and a US-based importer affiliate were fined a combined $725,000 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their roles in bringing in motorcycles and recreational vehicles from China that didn't comply with federal clean-air laws.

Minnesota-based CFMOTO Powersports, along with China-based Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co. and Chunfeng Holding Group, among other things, will have to recall and replace fuel tanks that improve gasoline-vapor control. The EPA found that more than 12,000 vehicles imported between 2007 and 2013 didn't comply with clean-air laws and that about 1,000 vehicles had non-compliant fuel tanks.

The EPA has periodically taken China-based powersports vehicle makers to task for importing dirty vehicles that didn't comply with clean-air mandates. Last summer, Chi Zheng, whose Los Angeles-based companies MotorScience Inc. and MotorScience Enterprise Inc. specialized as a consultant for all-terrain vehicle imports from China, was fined $3.6 million because his companies violated US emissions requirements. Those companies violated the Clean Air Act by importing almost 25,000 all-terrain vehicles without properly testing them for emissions. And in 2012, California-based Yuan Cheng International Group Inc. (YCIG) and its successor NST Inc. were hit with $50,000 in fines as part of an EPA and US Department of Justice Settlement settlement stemming from alleged clean-air violations. Check out the EPA's most recent press release below.Continue reading EPA fines Chinese recreational-vehicle maker $725,000 for excessive emissions

EPA fines Chinese recreational-vehicle maker $725,000 for excessive emissions originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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