[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 21 (Thursday, February 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9076-9077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02161]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Extension to Public Comment Period for Consent Decree 
Under the Clean Air Act

    On December 20, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Second Partial Consent Decree with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of California in the lawsuit entitled In re: 
Volkswagen ``Clean Diesel'' Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products 
Liability Litigation, Case No: MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC). This Second 
Partial Consent Decree (``Decree'') is entered into between the United 
States, California, and all defendants (collectively,

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``Volkswagen''). The Decree partially resolves the governments' claims 
for injunctive relief under the Clean Air Act and various California 
claims (including under the California Health and Safety Code) with 
respect to the 3.0 Liter Subject Vehicles. The Decree provides remedies 
for the cars on the road and the environmental harm from the 
violations.
    Notice of the lodging of the proposed Decree was originally 
published in the Federal Register on December 29, 2016. See 81 FR 96046 
(Dec. 29, 2016). The publication of the original notice opened a thirty 
(30) day period for public comment on the Decree. The publication of 
the present notice extends the period for public comment on the Decree 
to February 14, 2017.
    Comments concerning the Decree should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division and should 
refer to In re: Volkswagen ``Clean Diesel'' Marketing, Sales Practices, 
and Products Liability Litigation, Case No: MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC), and 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-11386.
    All comments must be submitted no later than February 14, 2017. 
Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail...........................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, DC 20044-7611
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    The Decree may be viewed and downloaded from http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/crb/vwmdl. During the public comment period, the 
Decree may also be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department 
Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide 
a paper copy of the Decree upon written request and payment of 
reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent 
Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611.
    For the entire Decree and its appendices, please enclose a check or 
money order for $40.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the United States Treasury. For a copy of certain portions of the 
Decree, please designate which portions are requested, and provide the 
appropriate amount of money. For the Decree without the exhibits and 
signature pages, the cost is $13.25 (with signature pages, $16.50). For 
Appendix A, the cost is $8.50. For Appendix B, the cost is $15.25. For 
the Mitigation Appendix, the cost is $.25.

Karen S. Dworkin,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-02161 Filed 2-1-17; 8:45 am]
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