Natalie K. Wight, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon
A transportation company based in Fairview, Oregon, along with its owner, faced sentencing in federal court for tampering with emissions monitoring devices. The actions were found to be in violation of the Clean Air Act.
Clancy Logistics, Inc., and its owner, Timothy Curtis Clancy, 55, from Sherwood, Oregon, received a sentence of three years' probation. They were also fined $101,510 jointly and severally.
Court documents revealed that between October 2019 and July 2023, Clancy engaged in tampering activities known as "deletes and tunes" on emission control systems for at least thirteen diesel semi-trailer trucks operated by his companies. As the owner of Clancy Logistics, Clancy supervised these illegal modifications. He was involved in directing employees to remove emissions control equipment and alter onboard diagnostic systems so they could no longer detect the absence of control equipment. The company knowingly operated these altered vehicles.
On September 13, 2024, both Clancy Logistics and Clancy were charged with two counts of Clean Air Act tampering through criminal information. By September 18, 2024, they each pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a monitoring device.
The case was investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigation Division. It was prosecuted by Andrew Ho, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, alongside Gwendolyn Russell, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency.
