A Pennsylvania trucking company is set to be fined and placed on probation for illegally modifying a fleet of diesel trucks to evade mandated pollution controls.
What’s happening?
New Oxford-based Frock Bros. Trucking pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy and violating the Clean Air Act. It will be sentenced Jan. 9. Prosecutors recommended an $80,000 fine and two years’ probation; the maximum penalty is a $250,000 fine and five months’ probation, the Hanover Evening Sun reported.
In late 2018, the company contracted Lititz mechanic Leon Martin to disable emission control components on eight trucks. Frock also had Martin tamper with the factory-installed and federally required onboard diagnostic equipment, enabling the machines to operate without emission control devices.
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