RESCHEDULED: #SubOversight to Examine EPA’s Role in VW Settlement Implementation NEXT WEEK

RESCHEDULED: #SubOversight to Examine EPA’s Role in VW Settlement Implementation NEXT WEEK

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Nov. 29, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has rescheduled its previously postponed hearing entitled Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Settlement: Questions Concerning ZEV Implementation for Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at 10 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Members will examine the investment commitments attached to the recently approved Partial Consent Decree in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel" settlement. The hearing will examine the $2 billion investment Volkswagen is required to make in Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure, as well as the $2.7 billion to be paid into the NOx Mitigation Trust.

On Nov. 1, 2016, full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and subcommittee Chairman Murphy sent EPA letters regarding EPA’s role in overseeing the National Zero Vehicle Investment Commitment and requesting additional information about the NOx Mitigation Trust.as they are posted. Related Items

* Upton & Murphy Request Further Info from EPA on Volkswagen Settlement Implementation

* HEARING: #SubOversight to Examine EPA’s Role in VW Settlement Implementation NEXT WEEK

See Also

* Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Settlement: Questions Concerning ZEV Program Implementation

Source: House Committee on Energy and Commerce