C&A Marketing, Inc., dba Ivation Settlement
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C&A Marketing, Inc., dba Ivation, Settles For $150,000
In February 2024, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) reached a settlement with C&A Marketing, Inc., dba Ivation (C&A Marketing), with its principal location in Edison, New Jersey, for the company’s violation of the Regulation for Limiting Ozone Emissions from Indoor Air Cleaning Devices (Indoor ACD Regulation), as codified in the California Code of Regulations, title 17, section 94800 et seq.
An investigation conducted by CARB staff revealed and documented that C&A Marketing violated the Indoor ACD Regulation because they sold, supplied, offered for sale, and introduced into commerce in California "Ivation” brand indoor air cleaning devices that were not certified by CARB. Indoor air cleaners are subject to an ozone emission concentration limit of 0.050 parts per million (ppm) and are required to be certified prior to sale in California. The uncertified Ivation models that are not legal for sale in California include: IVACAROZN, IVACOZ80, IVADGOZHEPA, IVAOZ85, IVAOZAP04, IVAOZAP44, IVAOZC400, IVAOZP001, IVAWOZ2, IVAOZC200, IVADOZPUR2, and IVACMOZ30GH. These indoor air cleaners are ozone generating and can be harmful to people’s health. Additionally, C&A Marketing failed to include a statement excluding sales to California on webpages advertising uncertified indoor air cleaners, and failed to notify distributors, retailers, and sellers of the Indoor ACD Regulation.
To come into compliance, C&A Marketing stopped the sale of uncertified indoor air cleaners in California and notified their distributors, retailers, and sellers of the Indoor ACD Regulation. The total civil penalty amount of $150,000 will be deposited into CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California's air quality.