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Originally Posted by cbaber
No individual is at risk of prosecution for emissions tampering with their own vehicle by the federal government. If we were at risk, any Ecomodder member who has modified their intake to be a WAI would be in trouble. Car owners all over the country install non-EPA approved parts and make modifications that break the same rules as you are.
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Originally Posted by cbaber
It's absolutely correct. Check out the EPA website, they list all the cases they go to court for. In 2013 they sued 25 defendants for violations of the Clean Air Act. Most of those violations were asbestos related, about 6 of them were car emissions related.
Every single case was against a business or an individual who owned their own business. All of the car emissions charges were against auto repair shops, or individuals who had licenses to perform vehicle inspections. All of those cases involved people giving out fraudulent emissions certificates. Basically, they passed cars that didn't pass the test. All of those cases involved at least 50 vehicles.
The EPA doesn't care what you do with your own car. They don't have the resources to care. The EPA isn't spying on EcoModder members, waiting to bust anyone who modifies their intake to get more gas mileage. They bust business and people who violate laws on a mass level, or who clearly violate public safety by doing something like demolishing a building without removing asbestos, polluting the air around the community.
Now this doesn't mean you can't get in trouble locally. The states inspect your car, and the police in your state can bust you for several automotive equipment laws. But if you can pass the state emissions test and vehicle inspection, you are not at any risk for prosecution.
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Just to be clear, they do not have any ability to prosecute/file charges against someone, or they decide not to? I inferred your original statement as no individual can have action taken against them for disturbing their emissions systems- but then your next post directs more so that we are too small of fish to care about.