"Small engines mean big emissions, so we have to be extra vigilant when allowing their entry into our country," Jared Blumenfeld said.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The EPA-enforced Clean Air Act requires gas-guzzling engines of all kinds to pass muster in terms of emissions standards. But both environmental regulators and customs officials say too many illegal engines and vehicles are being imported into the country.
Between June and September in 2014, inspectors from the Environmental Protection Agency and Customs and Border Protection stopped 62 shipments at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California -- confiscating a total of 730 foreign-made engines found to be without proper pollution control mechanisms. Some of the engines were found to have leaky fuel tanks, while others had faulty exhaust pipes and valves.
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