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Company: Guardian Industries Corp.
Current Parent Company: Koch Industries
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Penalty: $70,462,000
Year: 2015
Date: September 29, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Guardian Industries Corp. that will resolve a Clean Air Act enforcement action involving Guardian's flat glass manufacturing facilities throughout the United States. Under the settlement, Guardian agreed to pay a $312,000 penalty and spend more than $70 million to install air pollution control equipment. In addition, Guardian was to fund an environmental mitigation project valued at $150,000 to reduce particulate matter pollution in the San Joaquin Valley in California.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Kansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
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