Phase 2 - Volkswagen Settlement The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality invites public comment on the state’s plan to invest $67 million in Volkswagen Settlement funds. The Draft Phase 2 Mitigation plan focuses on efforts to reduce pollution impacts while incentivizing zero emission vehicles and outreach to under-resourced communities. The funds represent North Carolina’s share of the $2.9 billion federal settlement with Volkswagen due to its misrepresentation of diesel emission standards in certain vehicles. Governor Roy Cooper designated the Division of Air Quality as the lead agency to manage the project in November 2017. Wilmington Trust officially designed North Carolina as a State Beneficiary in January 2018. The Division of Air Quality will also hold a series of in-person public information sessions for counties eligible in the Historically Under-Resourced Counties Outreach Program. Additional meeting dates, locations and times will be posted on the DEQ Volkswagen Program webpage. The Division of Air Quality held a series of public information sessions. A recording and presentation can be found below. Comments may be submitted online via Microsoft Forms at https://bit.ly/3jMMu3i or emailed to daq.nc_VWGrants@ncdenr.gov. Voicemail comments will also be accepted at 919-707-8429. The public comment period closed on September 7, 2021. Draft Phase 2 Mitigation Plan Public Information Sessions Draft Phase 2 Information Session Presentation Questions and Answers from sessions
Phase 2 - Volkswagen Settlement The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality invites public comment on the state’s plan to invest $67 million in Volkswagen Settlement funds. The Draft Phase 2 Mitigation plan focuses on efforts to reduce pollution impacts while incentivizing zero emission vehicles and outreach to under-resourced communities. The funds represent North Carolina’s share of the $2.9 billion federal settlement with Volkswagen due to its misrepresentation of diesel emission standards in certain vehicles. Governor Roy Cooper designated the Division of Air Quality as the lead agency to manage the project in November 2017. Wilmington Trust officially designed North Carolina as a State Beneficiary in January 2018. The Division of Air Quality will also hold a series of in-person public information sessions for counties eligible in the Historically Under-Resourced Counties Outreach Program. Additional meeting dates, locations and times will be posted on the DEQ Volkswagen Program webpage. The Division of Air Quality held a series of public information sessions. A recording and presentation can be found below. Comments may be submitted online via Microsoft Forms at https://bit.ly/3jMMu3i or emailed to daq.nc_VWGrants@ncdenr.gov. Voicemail comments will also be accepted at 919-707-8429. The public comment period closed on September 7, 2021. Draft Phase 2 Mitigation Plan Public Information Sessions Draft Phase 2 Information Session Presentation Questions and Answers from sessions
