[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-79]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
DaimlerChrysler Corporation

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on December 
21, 2005, a proposed Consent Decree was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of United 
States v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Civil Action No. 05-2440.
    The proposed Consent Decree settles the United States' claims 
against DaimlerChrysler Corporation (``Chrysler'') for injunctive 
relief and civil penalties under the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 7401 et seq. (the ``Act''), arising from the company's failure 
to file emission-defect information reports with the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') with respect to certain model year 1996-
2001 Jeep, Dodge Ram, and Dodge Dakota vehicles equipped with 
potentially defective catalytic converters (the ``Catalyst Defect''). 
The proposed Decree provides for the payment of $1 million in civil 
penalties, the performance of a supplemental environmental project to 
reduce emissions from in-use diesel engines at a cost of not less than 
$3 million, and the implementation of enhanced emission-related defect 
reporting procedures by Chrysler. The Consent Decree also includes 
remedial provisions, including extending the warranty covering repair 
of the Catalyst Defect and a recall to correct a separate defect in the 
computer-based on-board diagnostic system in certain Chrysler vehicles, 
resolving potential EPA administrative claims with respect to these 
defects.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-
2-1-08231.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, httpp://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open/html.
    A copy of the Agreement may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. 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 of the Decree 
from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $20.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost of 82 pages) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

Karen Dworkin,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 06-79 Filed 1-4-06; 8:45 am]
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