P.T. Services, Inc., a Memphis-based company that specializes in diesel engine repair, has admitted to violating the Clean Air Act. The company’s guilty plea includes an agreement to pay a $150,000 fine, as confirmed by interim United States Attorney Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Legal documents from the case in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee state that the company removed or changed emissions control monitoring devices from diesel engines, which is illegal under the Clean Air Act. The plea happened before U.S. Magistrate Judge Charmiane Claxton after an investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Assistant United States Attorney Carroll L. André III is prosecuting a case under the Clean Air Act. The law supports maintaining air quality and protecting public health, and "It is a crime to falsify, tamper with, and render inaccurate emissions control monitoring devices," as stated in the law. The case is part of environmental enforcement to prevent companies from breaking emissions regulations, as mentioned by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
