Kansas company fined after nation-wide emissions conspiracy

SENECA (KSNT) - A company out of Seneca has been ordered to pay a penalty for playing a role in a conspiracy to delete emissions control systems on hundreds of heavy-duty commercial trucks throughout the country.

The United States Attorney's Office District of Colorado announced on Dec. 9 that Elite Diesel Service Inc. of Windsor, Colorado, and its owner, Troy Lake Sr., were sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).