On May 9, Nick Bofill was en route to work when an employee of his bee-removal company, the Native Guy, called to let him know that one of their dump trucks was making a strange noise. When Bofill arrived at their warehouse on Bird Road to see what was wrong, it turned out the problem was in the exhaust system: specifically, the catalytic converter, a chamber mounted on the underside of the vehicle that reduces internal-combustion pollutants and is required in most states to pass emission tests on cars and trucks.…