By Samuel K. Dykstra | Published November 17, 2015 | Posted in Clean Air Act, Federal Environmental Law | Leave a comment
The saga involving Volkswagen’s alleged use of illegal “defeat devices” in a number of its vehicles continued on Monday November 2, 2015, with EPA issuing a second Notice of Violation (NOV) to several of Volkswagen’s American entities. Notably, unlike a NOV issued in mid-September the Notice was issued to not just Volkswagen and Audi, but Read More
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