The VW sign of Germany's car company Volkswagen is displayed at the building of a company's retailer in, Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating a second emissions-control software program on Volkswagen AG cars that were rigged to pass pollution tests, one that the automaker may have failed to properly disclose.

The program is part of the so-called EA 189 diesel engines used since 2009 that are also fitted with software that the automaker has admitted was designed to fool emissions tests, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the information is private.

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