[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 41994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16623]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On July 27, 2021, the Department of Justice filed a Complaint and 
simultaneously lodged a Consent Decree with the United States District 
Court for the Central District of California in United States v. 
Advanced Flow Engineering, Inc., Civ. No. 5:21-cv-01249.
    The proposed Consent Decree settles claims brought by the United 
States for violations of the Clean Air Act arising from Defendant's 
manufacture and sale of motor vehicle parts that bypass, defeat, and/or 
render inoperative the vehicle's installed emission controls, commonly 
known as ``defeat devices.'' See 42 U.S.C. 7522(a)(3)(B). The Consent 
Decree resolves these claims and prohibits Defendant from: (1) 
Manufacturing, selling or installing defeat devices; (2) providing 
technical support for defeat devices; (3) transferring intellectual 
property for defeat devices; and (4) owning any interest in any person 
or entity that manufacturers, sells, offers to sell, or installs defeat 
devices or earning income from the distribution or installation of 
defeat devices. It also requires Defendant to pay a civil penalty of 
$250,000, which was based on its financial condition.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division 
and should refer to United States v. Advanced Flow Engineering, Inc. 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-12079. All comments must be submitted no later 
than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the proposed Consent Decree upon written request and payment of 
reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent 
Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $17.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-16623 Filed 8-3-21; 8:45 am]
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