# VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `12246`
- **Case Number:** 03-1988-0263
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $600K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A CLEAN AIR ACT CASE AGAINST VOLKSWAGEN OF      AMERICA FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE RACT REQUIREMENTS OF THE       PENNSYLVANIA SIP AND FAILURE TO OBTAIN EMMISSION OFFSETS     ENFORCEABLE UNDER THE SIP.                                        BECAUSE OF THESE FAILURES, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA WAS    OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH ITS VOC EMISSIONS AT ITS NEW STATION, PA. AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION PLANT. THE PLANT CLOSED IN 1988.   PRESENTLY VOLKSWAGEN HAS MADE AN OFFER TO EPA TO SETTLE THE  CIVIL PORTION OF THIS CASE.

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