[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14995-14996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7293]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 7, 2003, a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Toyota Motor Corporation, 
et al., Civil Action No. 99-1888, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief for the alleged failure by Toyota to disclose in its 
applications for certificates of conformity certain limitations in the 
operation of that part of its vehicles' on-board diagnostic system that 
checks for leaks in the vehicles' evaporative emission control system. 
The allegations concern approximately 2.2 million model year 1996 to 
1998 Toyota vehicles. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Toyota will: 
(a) Extend the warranty on the evaporative emission control systems in 
the 2.2 million affected vehicles from the current two years or 24,000 
miles to 14 years or 150,000 miles; (b) accelerate the timetable on 
which it will certify to EPA and introduce vehicles in the United 
States that comply with the EPA near-zero evaporative emissions 
standards specified in 40 CFR 86.1811-04(e); (c) pay a $500,000 civil 
penalty; and (d) implement a supplemental environmental project, at a 
cost of $20 million, that comprises the retrofit of in-service diesel 
fleet vehicles with emissions control equipment in order to reduce 
particulate and hydrocarbon emissions from such vehicles and the 
procurement of ultra low-sulfur diesel fuel for use in the retrofitted 
diesel vehicles.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Toyota Motor Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
2247.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 555 4th Street, NW., Room 10-120, Washington, DC 
20001, and at the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. During the public comment 
period, the Consent Decree also may be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 
(25 cents per

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page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Karen Dworkin,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-7293 Filed 3-26-03; 8:45 am]
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