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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Alabama Power Company
Current Parent Company: Southern Company
Penalty: $200,000,000
Year: 2006
Date: April 25, 2006
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Power Plant Emissions
Violation Description: Alabama Power agreed to spend more than $200 million on pollution controls to resolve a Clean Air Act case involving its James H. Miller Jr. coal-fired power plant.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Alabama
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Georgia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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