Toyota to Pay U.S. $180 Million Emissions Reporting Penalty (3)

Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay $180 million to settle the federal government’s claims that it systematically violated Clean Air Act reporting requirements for defects in emission control parts, according to a Thursday filing in a New York federal court.

Prosecutors said it’s the biggest emissions-related civil reporting penalty ever negotiated.

The company delayed filing hundreds of reports over a decade for about 78 emissions-related defects, the Justice Department said in its complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The act requires manufacturers to notify the Environmental Protection Agency when 25 or ...