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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Under the proposed settlement, lodged with the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Daimler will recall and repair the emissions systems in Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles sold in the United States between 2009 and 2016 and pay $875 million in civil penalties and roughly $70.3 million in other penalties.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

State level ozone emissions in the NBP, from 1990 to 2010 (projected). The program contributed to improvements in air quality in 97% of nonattainment areas in the east, with 85% of these areas now below the smog standard. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 6, 2010

The proposed Transport Rule sets in place a new approach that can and will be applied again as further pollution reductions are needed to help areas meet air quality health standards, EPA says. This proposal reduces emissions contributing to fine particle (PM 2.5 ) and ozone nonattainment that often travel across state lines.

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