WASHINGTON: Toyota Motor Corp. installed a far-flung civil probe from the Department of Justice into the delay in delaying reports related to emissions for US $ 180 million, the government said in a court file.
Reuters first reported on the expected settlement on Thursday to resolve the breaches of the Clean Air Act.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan is expected to announce the settlement later Thursday, the sources said, which will include a permit order requiring half-yearly compliance reports. Toyota first revealed in 2016 that it was under investigation for the delay reports to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Toyota did not immediately comment.
Over a 10-year period ending in 2015, Toyota “regularly sent late-release defect reports to the EPA and, in many cases, failed to submit such reports until they found themselves non-existent. compliance ”in 2015, Department of Justice. he said in a court file.
A $ 180 million U.S. fine is the largest civil penalty for violating EPA emissions reporting requirements.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama, William Maclean)