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Case 3:17-md-02777-EMC Document 484 Filed 01/10/19 Page 1 of 4 1 LEIGH P. RENDÉ (PA Bar No. 203452) JOSEPH W.C. WARREN (DC Bar No. 452913) 2 Environment and Natural Resources Division Environmental Enforcement Section P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station 3 Washington, DC 20044-7611 Telephone: (202) 514-1461 4 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 5 Counsel for the United States 6 XAVIER BECERRA Attorney General of California 7 NICKLAS A. AKERS Senior Assistant Attorney General 8 JUDITH A. FIORENTINI (CA Bar No. 201747) Supervising Deputy Attorney General 9 JON F. WORM (CA Bar No. 248260) LAUREL M. CARNES (CA Bar No. 285690) Deputy Attorneys General 10 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800 San Diego, CA 92101 11 Telephone: (619) 738-9325 Email: [email protected] 12 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 13 Counsel for the People of the State of California 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 17 IN RE: CHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP No. 3:17-md-02777-EMC 18 ECODIESEL MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS NOTICE OF LODGING OF PROPOSED 19 LIABILITY LITIGATION CONSENT DECREE 20 Hon. Edward M. Chen 21 22 23 24 25 NOTICE OF LODGING OF CONSENT DECREE 3:17-md-2777-EMC Case 3:17-md-02777-EMC Document 484 Filed 01/10/19 Page 2 of 4 1 2 UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, 3 4 v. 5 FCA US LLC, 3:17-cv-3446-EMC FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES 6 N.V., V.M. MOTORI S.P.A., and V.M. NORTH AMERICA, INC., 7 Defendants. 8 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 9 CALIFORNIA, 3:19-cv-00151 10 Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 FCA US LLC, FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES 13 N.V., V.M. MOTORI S.P.A., and V.M. NORTH AMERICA, INC., 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NOTICE OF LODGING OF CONSENT DECREE 3:17-md-2777-EMC 2 Case 3:17-md-02777-EMC Document 484 Filed 01/10/19 Page 3 of 4 1 Consistent with the requirements of 28 C.F.R. § 50.7, a proposed Consent Decree is being lodged 2 with the Court in this Civil Action, after having been concurred to and signed by all parties in this 3 matter. After the requisite Federal Register Notice is published, the time period for comments has run, 4 and the comments, if any, have been evaluated, the Court will be further advised as to any action that 5 may be required by the Court at that time. During the pendency of the Federal Register Notice comment 6 period, no action is required of the Court. 7 8 Dated: January 10, 2019 Respectfully submitted, 9 10 /s/ Leigh P. Rendé LEIGH P. RENDÉ 11 JOSEPH W.C. WARREN LESLIE ALLEN 12 NIGEL COONEY ANNA GRACE 13 LAUREN D. GRADY ANDREW W. KEIR 14 ZACHARY N. MOOR EMILY C. POWERS 15 BRANDON J. ROBERS JEFFREY A. SPECTOR 16 Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural Resources Division 17 U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 7611 18 Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 Telephone: (202) 514-1461 19 Facsimile: (202) 514-0097 Email: [email protected] 20 Counsel for the United States 21 22 23 24 25 NOTICE OF LODGING OF CONSENT DECREE 3:17-md-2777-EMC 3 Case 3:17-md-02777-EMC Document 484 Filed 01/10/19 Page 4 of 4 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on January 10, 2019, I electronically filed the foregoing Notice of Lodging of 3 Proposed Consent Decree and subsequent attachments with the Clerk of the Court and all parties of record 4 using the ECF system. 5 6 /s/ Leigh P. Rendé LEIGH P. RENDÉ 7 Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural Resources Division 8 U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 7611 9 Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 Telephone: (202) 514-1461 10 Facsimile: (202) 514-0097 Email: [email protected] 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NOTICE OF LODGING OF CONSENT DECREE 3:17-md-2777-EMC 4 Case 3:17-md-02777-EMC Document 484-1 Filed 01/10/19 Page 1 of 224 1 LEIGH P. RENDÉ (PA Bar No. 203452) JOSEPH W.C. WARREN (DC Bar No. 452913) 2 Environment and Natural Resources Division Environmental Enforcement Section P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station 3 Washington, DC 20044-7611 Telephone: (202) 514-1461 4 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 5 Counsel for the United States 6 XAVIER BECERRA Attorney General of California 7 NICKLAS A. AKERS Senior Assistant Attorney General 8 JUDITH A. FIORENTINI (CA Bar No. 201747) Supervising Deputy Attorney General 9 JON F. WORM (CA Bar No. 248260) LAUREL M. CARNES (CA Bar No. 285690) Deputy Attorneys General 10 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800 San Diego, CA 92101 11 Telephone: (619) 738-9325 Email: [email protected] 12 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 13 Counsel for the People of the State of California 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 17 IN RE: CHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP No. 3:17-md-02777-EMC 18 ECODIESEL MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS CONSENT DECREE 19 LIABILITY LITIGATION Hon. Edward M. Chen 20 21 22 23 24 25 CONSENT DECREE 3:17-md-2777-EMC Case 3:17-md-02777-EMC Document 484-1 Filed 01/10/19 Page 2 of 224 1 UNITED STATES, 2 Plaintiff, 3 v. 4 FCA US LLC, 3:17-cv-3446-EMC 5 FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES N.V., V.M. MOTORI S.P.A., and 6 V.M. NORTH AMERICA, INC., 7 Defendants. 8 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 9 Plaintiff, 10 v. 11 FCA US LLC, 12 FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES N.V., V.M. MOTORI S.P.A., and 13 V.M. NORTH AMERICA, INC., 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CONSENT DECREE 3:17-md-2777-EMC Case 3:17-md-02777-EMC Document 484-1 Filed 01/10/19 Page 3 of 224 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 BACKGROUND ...........................................................................................................................1 I. JURISDICTION AND VENUE .....................................................................................................3 3 II. APPLICABILITY ..........................................................................................................................4 4 III. DEFINITIO NS ...............................................................................................................................5 5 IV. CIVIL PENALTY ........................................................................................................................19 V. APPROVAL OF SUBMISSIONS; U.S./CALIFORNIA DECISION-MAKING .......................20 6 VI. INJUNCTIVE MEASURES ........................................................................................................23 7 A. Modification of Subject Vehicles and Post-Entry Compliance Testing .................................23 8 B. Emissions Modification Recall Program .................................................................................58 C. Corporate Compliance Requirements .....................................................................................79 9 D. Mitigation Program .................................................................................................................98 10 VII. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................................102 11 VIII. STIPULATED PENALTIES .....................................................................................................105 IX. FORCE MAJEURE ....................................................................................................................122 12 X. DISPUTE RESOLUTION .........................................................................................................124 13 XI.IN FORMATION COLLECTION AND RETENTION AND CBI ...........................................127 14 XII. EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT/RESERVATION OF RIGHTS ..................................................130 XIII. COSTS ........................................................................................................................................135 15 XIV. NOTICES ...................................................................................................................................135 16 XV. EFFECTIVE DATE ...................................................................................................................137 17 XVI. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION ...........................................................................................137 XVII. MODIFICATION .......................................................................................................................137 18 XVIII. TERMINATION ........................................................................................................................138 19 XIX. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION .......................................................................................................139 20 XX. SIGNATORIES/SERVICE ........................................................................................................139 XXI. INTEGRATION .........................................................................................................................139 21 XXII. 26 U.S.C. § 162(F)(2)(A)(II) IDENTIFICATION .....................................................................140 22 XXIII. FINAL JUDGMENT ..................................................................................................................140 23 XXIV. APPENDICES AND DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE ..........................141 24 25 CONSENT DECREE 3:17-md-2777-EMC Case 3:17-md-02777-EMC Document 484-1 Filed 01/10/19 Page 4 of 224 1 BACKGROUND 2 Plaintiff United States of America, on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection 3 Agency, filed a complaint in this action on May 23, 2017, against FCA US LLC (“FCA”), Fiat Chrysler 4 Automobiles