A Fairview, Oregon transportation company and its owner were sentenced to probation in federal court recently for tampering with trucks’ emissions monitoring devices in violation of the Clean Air Act.
Clancy Logistics, Inc., located in Fairview, Oregon, and its owner, Timothy Clancy, 55, of Sherwood, Oregon, were each sentenced to three years’ probation. They were also ordered to pay a fine of $101,510.
According to court documents, between October of 2019 and July of 2023, Clancy tampered with federally mandated monitoring devices by performing “deletes and tunes” to emission control systems for at least 13 diesel trucks operated by his companies.
Clancy, as owner of Clancy Logistics, oversaw the illegal modification of vehicles, including engaging in and directing employees to remove the emissions control equipment and tune the onboard diagnostic systems so it could no longer detect the removal of control equipment. Clancy Logistics knowingly operated the altered vehicles.
On Sept. 13, 2024, Clancy Logistics and Clancy were charged with two counts of Clean Air Act tampering. On Sept. 18, 2024, they each pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a monitoring device.
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