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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will hold a series of six public workshops on developing a Beneficiary Mitigation Plan for California’s $423-million allocation of the Volkswagen (VW) Environmental Mitigation Trust (Mitigation Trust).

The VW Mitigation Trust is a component of a partial settlement with VW resulting from its use of illegal defeat devices in certain 2.0-liter and 3.0-liter model year 2009 to 2016 diesel cars sold in the State.

At this workshop, CARB staff will discuss and seek input on:

  • Recommended eligible mitigation action categories to be funded.

  • Recommended allocation ranges for each proposed category.

  • Emission reduction quantification and estimates.

  • Administrative process for implementation.

A discussion document outlining staff’s recommendations on project categories, funding allocations, and project criteria for this funding will be posted prior to the first workshop on CARB’s VW Mitigation Trust website.

The VW Mitigation Trust is a component of partial settlements with VW resulting from its use of illegal defeat devices in certain 2009 to 2016 model year diesel cars that were sold in California. The Trust provides funding opportunities for specified eligible actions to mitigate the excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions caused by the subject VW vehicles.

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