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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: Berkshire Hathaway
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol NYSE: BRK.B)
Headquartered in: Nebraska
Major Industry: diversified
Specific Industry: diversified
Penalty total since 2000: $1,327,085,082
Number of records: 3,308

Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
safety-related offenses	$615,771,065	2,915
environment-related offenses	$234,546,673	243
consumer-protection-related offenses	$200,528,593	82
competition-related offenses	$140,770,500	7
financial offenses	$113,816,281	8

Top 5 Primary Offense Types	Penalty Total	Number of Records
utility safety violation	$549,768,625	16
consumer protection violation	$152,076,000	10
energy market violation	$105,090,500	4
environmental violation	$102,377,689	105
air pollution violation	$77,267,372	86

Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

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Company	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
PACIFICORP	environmental violation	2012	OR-ENV	$6,000
PACIFICORP, DBA/PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY	environmental violation	2003	OR-ENV	$8,631
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2020	TX-ENV	$21,000
Wyman-Gordon Forgings, Inc.	environmental violation	2020	TX-ENV	$31,710
ACME BRICK COMPANY	environmental violation	2019	TX-ENV	$60,000
ACME BRICK COMPANY	environmental violation	2019	TX-ENV	$50,739
ACME BRICK COMPANY	environmental violation	2019	TX-ENV	$12,000
ACME BRICK COMPANY	environmental violation	2017	TX-ENV	$6,600
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2017	TX-ENV	$10,500
ACME BRICK COMPANY	environmental violation	2017	TX-ENV	$6,751
Mclane Company, Inc.	environmental violation	2016	TX-ENV	$7,200
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2016	TX-ENV	$24,000
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2016	TX-ENV	$65,074
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2015	TX-ENV	$12,000
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2015	TX-ENV	$10,151
ACME BRICK COMPANY	environmental violation	2015	TX-ENV	$18,935
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2015	TX-ENV	$71,182
Wyman-Gordon Forgings, Inc.	environmental violation	2014	TX-ENV	$18,720
UTLX Manufacturing LLC	environmental violation	2014	TX-ENV	$22,240
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2013	TX-ENV	$61,796
Mclane Company Inc	environmental violation	2013	TX-ENV	$10,608
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2013	TX-ENV	$12,280
Wyman-Gordon Forgings, LP	environmental violation	2013	TX-ENV	$18,150
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2011	TX-ENV	$28,640
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2011	TX-ENV	$13,960
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2011	TX-ENV	$7,260
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2010	TX-ENV	$143,460
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2010	TX-ENV	$7,176
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2010	TX-ENV	$6,518
BNSF Railway Company	environmental violation	2009	TX-ENV	$7,216
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2009	TX-ENV	$20,410
Union Tank Car Company	environmental violation	2009	TX-ENV	$11,530
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2006	TX-ENV	$12,000
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2006	TX-ENV	$42,720
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2006	TX-ENV	$5,117
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2005	TX-ENV	$25,600
Wyman-Gordon Forgings, LP	environmental violation	2005	TX-ENV	$26,500
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2005	TX-ENV	$5,325
Acme Brick Company	environmental violation	2005	TX-ENV	$6,000
Acme Brick Company	environmental violation	2005	TX-ENV	$8,080
Johns Manville	environmental violation	2004	TX-ENV	$12,500
ACME BRICK COMPANY	environmental violation	2002	TX-ENV	$7,500
JOHNS MANVILLE CORP	environmental violation	2002	TX-ENV	$5,000
UNION TANK CAR COMPANY	environmental violation	2002	TX-ENV	$17,500
ACME BRICK COMPANY	environmental violation	2000	TX-ENV	$8,800
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO - PLAINVIEW CS	environmental violation	2000	TX-ENV	$5,250
PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power	environmental violation	2017	UT-ENV	$15,385
Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.	environmental violation	2020	VA-ENV	$5,200
Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.	environmental violation	2017	VA-ENV	$44,573
BNSF	environmental violation	2015	WA-ENV	$86,000
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD	environmental violation	2002	WA-ENV	$20,000
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD	environmental violation	2001	WA-ENV	$10,000
Acme Brick Company	environmental violation	2021	AL-ENV	$15,000
Forest River, Inc.	environmental violation	2021	IN-ENV	$18,000
Forest River, Inc.	environmental violation	2021	IN-ENV	$10,475
BNSF Railway Company	environmental violation	2021	TX-ENV	$5,251
ACME BRICK COMPANY	environmental violation	2020	TX-ENV	$23,562
MARMON UTILITY LLC	environmental violation	2021	USAO	$2,400,000
PacifiCorp	environmental violation	2022	WY-ENV	$30,000
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.	environmental violation	2022	SC-ENV	$30,000
Benjamin Moore and Company	environmental violation	2023	AL-ENV	$31,080
PacificCorp	environmental violation	2022	WY-ENV	$12,500
Marmon Utility LLC	environmental violation	2019	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $75,000
SPS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC	environmental violation	2023	EPA	$109,805
THE GILLETTE COMPANY DURACELL A DIVISION	environmental violation	2004	EPA	$5,000
SPS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC	environmental violation	2010	EPA	$145,300
BNSF Railway (Fort Worth)	environmental violation	2011	EPA	$15,716
Johns Manville	environmental violation	2003	EPA	$14,080
BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE RAILWAY	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$9,000
PROTECTIVE COATINGS, INC.	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$5,000
NOVEON KALAMA	environmental violation	2006	EPA	$169,995
THE LUBRIZOL CORP.	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$5,000
The Lubrizol Corporation	environmental violation	2003	EPA	$25,740
Titanium Metals Corp.	environmental violation	2010	EPA	$37,267
Titanium Metals Corporation	environmental violation	2012	EPA	$258,176
Titanium Metals Corporation	environmental violation	2013	EPA	$23,018
PacifiCorp	energy market violation	2007	FERC	$96,500,500
PacifiCorp	energy market violation	2011	FERC	$3,925,000
PacificCorp	energy market violation	2012	FERC	$265,000
PacifiCorp	energy market violation	2022	FERC	$4,400,000
McLane/Midwest, Inc.	employment screening violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$105,100
NetJets Services Inc.	employment discrimination	2016	DOJ_RIGHTS	$41,480
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company	employment discrimination	2010	EEOC	$95,000
McLane Foodservice, Inc.	employment discrimination	2015	EEOC	$40,000
BNSF Railway Co.	employment discrimination	2016	EEOC	$95,000
BNSF Railway Company	employment discrimination	2007	EEOC	$800,000
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company	employment discrimination	2002	EEOC	$2,200,000
Ingersoll Milling Machine Company	employment discrimination	2001	EEOC	$1,800,000
CMH Manufacturing	employment discrimination	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$930,000
Titanium Metals Corporation d/b/a TIMET	employment discrimination	2003	EEOC	$217,500
TTI, Inc.	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$650,000
Air Industries Company	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$117,147
McLane Northeast	employment discrimination	2024	EEOC	$1,675,000
Lubrizol Corporation	economic sanction violation	2006	OFAC	$5,500
General Reinsurance Corporation	economic sanction violation	2011	OFAC	$59,130
GEICO General Insurance Company	economic sanction violation	2010	OFAC	$11,000
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.	economic sanction violation	2020	OFAC	$4,144,651
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INC.	drinking water violation	2008	EPA	$6,000
Trident Mortgage Company	discriminatory practices (non-employment)	2022	CFPB	$22,400,000
Trident Mortgage Company	discriminatory practices (non-employment)	2022	DOJ_RIGHTS	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $20,000,000
Trident Mortgage Co.	discriminatory practices (non-employment)	2022	MULTI-AG	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $20,000,000