Cargo Business Newswire

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

EPA and Customs find illegal engines at L.A./Long Beach

EPA and customs officials said Thursday they will increase inspections at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach after discovering hundreds of imported vehicles, engines and other equipment that don’t comply with U.S. emissions standards.

Between June and September of 2014 at the nation’s largest port complex, EPA inspectors and U.S. CBP officers found more than 730 foreign-made motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, gas-powered

generators and other equipment that lacked proper pollution controls required under the federal Clean Air Act.

EPA officials said the violations were prevalent enough that they will now hold monthly inspections at the ports.

For more of the L.A. Times story: www.latimes.com