EPA entered into an administrative Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) with Toyota Motor North America Inc. (TMNA) resolving Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 15(2) Commercial Use violations. EPA's enforcement action against TMNA arises from a commercial use of an illegally produced substance by using a coating product containing a chemical that it knew was not on the TSCA Inventory or was not otherwise exempt. The Settlement includes the payment of a civil penalty of $273,888.
TMNA violated the Toxic Substance Control Act ?15(2) when it used an imported chemical after knowing that the imported chemical substance was not on the TSCA Inventory nor approved for any exemption. The chemical has subsequently been approved by EPA under a TSCA section 5 exemption allowing the supplier to import the chemical under specific terms and conditions.