# DAIMIERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `32382`
- **Case Number:** 05-2000-0368
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $12K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DAIMIERCHRYSLER CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CHRYSLER CORPORATION BEGAN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR    EMITTING FACILITY PRIOR TO OBTAINING AN EFFECTIVE PRE-       VENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) PERMIT.  A        VIOLATION OF SECTION 165 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND 40 C.F.R.  52.21.  A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS ISSUED TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER  CORPORATION ON AUGUST 26, 1999.                              EVIDENCE OF THESE VIOLATIONS CONSISTS OF AN OCTOBER 14, 1998 AND A DECEMBER 8, 1998 114 INFORMATION REQUEST RESPONSE.     DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION AND THE U.S. EPA REGION 5        REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO SETTLE THIS CASE FOR A PENALTY OF    $12,000.  ON DECEMBER 2, 1999, U.S. EPA REQUESTED A WAIVER   OF THE TWELVE MONTH LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE CASES.  THE REQUEST WAS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON JAN-    UARY 18, 2000.  A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER CONTAIN- ING THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT WAS SUBMITTED FOR SIMULT-    ANEOUS FILING WITH THE APO.

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