Justice Department files suit against eBay claiming Clean Air Act violations

The Justice Department said it filed a complaint against eBay today for “unlawfully selling and distributing hundreds of thousands of products in violation of the Clean Air Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act.” The complaint was filed on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court in Brooklyn. The complaint alleges that eBay sold, offered for sale or caused the sale of more than 343,000 aftermarket defeat devices, which defeat motor vehicle emission controls, a violation of the Clean Air Act, the agency said in a statement. The complaint seeks a court order that eBay’s business practices as an e-commerce retailer violated the CAA, FIFRA and TSCA and requests injunctive relief to enjoin eBay from further violations of these laws, as well as civil penalties for CAA violations.