THe NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has compiled a summary of the over 800 comments received during their request for suggestions on how to spend the settlement funds. The comment period lasted from November 22,2017 until December 31,2017.

There was a total of 872 comments received for projects totaling over $409 million. There was a wide variety of projects suggested, including some that were not eligible under either the VW consent decree or the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) option. Full responses can be found on the VW settlement page, where comments are divided into 11 different categories. https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/air-quality/motor-vehicles-and-air-quality/volkswagen-settlement/volkswagen