Federal Register - "Notice of Availability of EPA Tampering Policy and Request for Information Regarding 1986 Catalyst Policy"

Title: Notice of Availability of EPA Tampering Policy and Request for Information Regarding 1986 Catalyst Policy Source: Federal Register Data/Action: Environmental Protection Agency (Notice) Date: 12/14/2020 Text Preview: ...ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-10015-93-OECA] Notice of Availability of EPA Tampering Policy and Request for Information Regarding 1986 Catalyst Policy AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability; request for information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance has issued EPA Tampering Policy: The EPA... ...Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-6850; [email protected] . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Overview of EPA... ...EPA Tampering Policy creates no obligations on regulated parties, and it is not a rule. Further, it is principally a restatement of currently applicable enforcement discretion policies. The EPA Tampering Policy supersedes and replaces former statements of enforcement policy, as specified in the Policy itself. The EPA Tampering Policy neither supersedes nor replaces a 1986 enforcement policy that is specific to replacement catalytic converters for light- duty gasoline motor vehicles that are beyond their emissions warranty. Rather, with this Federal Register document, the EPA...