direct injection (TDI) 2.0-liter diesel engines approved by the
United States District Court, Northern District of California,
ordered and entered at 3:15-md-02672-CRB on October 25, 2016,
United States of America vs. Volkswagen A.G., Case No. 16-CV-295
(N.D. Cal.).
"Trust." The Environmental Mitigation Trust established by
Volkswagen A.G. under the settlement and the related consent
decree.
Section 3. Intent.
The United States District Court, Northern District of
California approved a settlement on October 25, 2016, and
entered an order affirming a partial consent decree requiring
the defendant, Volkswagen A.G., to establish and fund a
$2,700,000,000 Environmental Mitigation Trust. The trust will be
administered by an independent trustee and provides a broad
array of mitigation actions that beneficiaries can implement. It
is the intent of this act to further define and provide for the
use of funds by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a
beneficiary of this settlement to ensure the highest and best
use of the funds in reducing NOx emissions and other pollutants
in Pennsylvania.
Section 4. Use of funds.
Funds available to, paid through or planned for use by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a beneficiary of the trust shall
not conflict with the terms of the settlement nor the following
provisions:
(1) The majority of funds shall be used to deploy
vehicles that are certified to one of CARB's optional low-NOx
standards and vehicles which have zero tailpipe emissions
because the trust was established due to NOx pollution
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