Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Board decision, November 8, 2016)

Plain-English summary

Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and Suzuki Motor Corporation resolved an EPA matter through a Consent Agreement. The Environmental Appeals Board incorporated that agreement by reference into its Final Order and ratified it under 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)-(c). The Board ordered the Respondent to comply with all terms of the Consent Agreement effective immediately. The Final Order does not state the alleged violation or any penalty amount.

Decision snapshot

• Cited authorities: 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)-(c)
• Outcome: The Consent Agreement was incorporated by reference and ratified, and the Respondent was ordered to comply with its terms.
• Key point: The Board made the Consent Agreement binding on the Respondent effective immediately.

Full text (EPA EAB public release)

F I L E D
NOV 8 2016
Clerk, Environmental Appeals Board
INITIALS [illegible]

ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C.

In re:

Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and
Suzuki Motor Corporation

Docket No. CAA-HQ-2016-8274

FINAL ORDER

Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)-(c) of EPA’s Consolidated Rules of Practice, the attached Consent Agreement resolving this matter that was submitted to the Board on November 4, 2016, is incorporated by reference into this Final Order and is hereby ratified.

The Respondent is ORDERED to comply with all terms of the Consent Agreement, effective immediately.

So ordered.¹

ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD

Dated: 11/8/2016

Mary Beth Ward
Environmental Appeals Judge

¹ The three-member panel ratifying this matter is composed of Environmental Appeals Judges Mary Kay Lynch, Kathie A. Stein, and Mary Beth Ward.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that copies of the foregoing “Consent Agreement” and “Final Order” in the matter of Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and Suzuki Motor Corporation, Docket No. CAA-HQ-2016-8274, were filed and copies of the same were sent to the following persons in the manner indicated:

By First Class Certified Mail/
Return Receipt Requested:

Mr. Takeshi Hayasaki

Suzuki Motor of America, Inc.
3251 E. Imperial Highway
Brea, CA 92821

Mr. Masayoshi Ito

Suzuki Motor Corporation

300 Takatsuka-cho, Minami-ku
Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken 432-8611
Japan

Jeremy Peterson, Esq.
Jonathan Martel, Esq.

Arnold & Porter LLP

601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

By Interoffice Mail:

Kathryn P. Caballero, Esq.
Evan Belser, Esq.

Air Enforcement Division
Office of Civil Enforcement
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Mail Code 2242A
Washington, DC 20460

Dated: NOV 8 2016

Annette Duncan
Administrative Specialist