1. VW Settlement Agreement
Scott Davis
EPA Region 4
State & Local Air Directors Meeting
November 10, 2016

2. VW Partial Settlement Agreement
Original complaint filed January 4, 2016 on allegations for Clean Air Act violations on approximately 475,000 vehicles with defeat devices installed to cheat on federal emissions tests.
Affected model years liter diesel engines.
Called a partial settlement agreement because it addresses what VW must do to address 2.0 L vehicles on the road and pollution but not other US Dept of Justice complaints.
EPA and Federal Trade Commission are parties to the agreement.

3. VW Partial Settlement Agreement
 US District Court, Northern District of California issued consent decree (Senior District Judge Charles R. Breyer)
Proposed partial consent decree issued on June 28, 2016
30 day comment period closed August 5 (1195 comments)
Final consent decree issued on October 25, 2016 

4. VW Partial Settlement Agreement
Total of $14.7 Billion
$10.033 billion Buyback Program
$2.0 billion Zero Emissions Vehicles and Infrastructure
$2.7 billion NOx Mitigation (to States and Tribes)
Vehicle owners can select Buyback (they will also receive restitution of $5100 to $10,000) or Emissions Modification (however there is no EPA/CARB approved modification currently)

5. VW Partial Settlement Agreement
Final Consent Decree provides ALL next steps (237 pages)
First step is to nominate and select Trustee
Governor elects to participate by contacting Trustee (deadline to meet)
Governor appoints State agency to implement mitigation actions
Funds for mitigation must meet eligible criteria in final order (see Appendix D-2)
Your Attorney needs to read the Final Order - NOW !

6. VW Partial Settlement Agreement-Allocations
Alabama           $24.08 million
Florida               $152.37 million
Georgia             $58.10 million
Kentucky           $19.04 million
Mississippi        $9.24 million
North Carolina $87.17 million
South Carolina $31.63 million
Tennessee         $42.40 million
Virginia              $87.58 million
West Virginia    $11.50 million

7. VW Partial Settlement Agreement-Allocations
Tribal Allocation
Total $49.65 million for all USA Tribes
Trustee Administration for Mitigation Fund
Total Administration Cost allocation = $27.99 million 

8. VW Partial Settlement Agreement
BEWARE !!
There  are deadlines and exact directions to follow for this process!
This note applies to VW, Dealers, Owners, States & Tribes
Your Attorney needs to read the Final Order - NOW !!

9. VW Partial Settlement Agreement
Websites and links for information  
Vehicle owners or leasees register online here
settlement
Consent-Decree.pdf 

10. Veterans Day is Friday November 11
Remember our Military Service members tomorrow
Veterans Day, Friday November 11