The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disclosed a settlement with four Texas-based recreational vehicle importers and an affiliated Chinese vehicle manufacturer, for the illegal import and sale of more than 4,000 uncertified off-road recreational vehicles sold under the brand name Hammerhead. The companies will pay $560,000 in civil penalties.
The four Texas companies party to this settlement include Geason Enterprises, L.L.C. (which does business as Geason Powersports and Hammerhead), GE Ventures, L.P. (which does business as Hammerhead Off-Road), Hammerhead Off-Road, Inc. and TJ Power Sports LLC. The Chinese company, Shanghai Howhit Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd., manufactures recreational vehicles.
EPA discovered the violations during inspections of imported vehicles at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, the Port of Dallas, the Port of Chicago and Hammerhead’s warehouse in Dallas.
Published in the May 2015 Edition of American Recycler News