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Originally Posted by soundman98

while i don't disagree that it's a good thing, as the coal rolling stuff was getting out of hand, siccing the full weight of the EPA on them, well, it's like hiroshima'ing the neighborhood bullies block because he took your lunch money and kicked your sister for the past 3 months.

when the FAA took over drone management with the registration of anything that flies, and now the remote id broadcast requirements, it's all but entirely killed off aerial r/c as a hobby.

the local forest preserve has a dedicated flying field. used to be every weekend there was barely enough parking spaces for all the people there, half of which were just there to chew the fat with other similarly-minded individuals.

now that field, if there's 1 car there, it's a busy day.


this is going to be similar. the war path the EPA is on doesn't bode well for any company that's ever sold anything that mods the emissions systems of any vehicle. and how many peoples first mod was a UEL catless header?

They probably would've gotten a different ruling had they not ignored the EPA's requests and then tried to liquidate their inventory in spite of the investigation.

Both companies are owned by one Nicholas Piccolo, who also faces a $455,925 civil penalty for his failure to respond to the EPA’s initial information requests related to the businesses.

In fact, court documents uploaded by the EPA even claim that Diesel Ops specifically engaged in an online “fire sale” after receiving the request from the EPA in order to liquidate their stock.

An additional judgment of just under $1 million was also entered against the shop owner relating to the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act and alleged fraudulent transfers. Piccolo and his associates allegedly began to move assets out of the businesses once the EPA began to insist on compliance, while continuing to ignore the EPA’s information requests.