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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: Westlake Chemical
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol WLK)
Headquartered in: Texas
Major Industry: chemicals
Specific Industry: chemicals
Penalty total since 2000: $120,832,544
Number of records: 125
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
environment-related offenses$118,991,83860
safety-related offenses$853,70662
government-contracting-related offenses$500,0001
employment-related offenses$475,0001
competition-related offenses$12,0001
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
environmental violation$112,084,85121
air pollution violation$5,963,40729
hazardous waste violation$714,6024
workplace safety or health violation$522,75625
False Claims Act and related$500,0001
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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CompanyPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconAgencyPenalty Amount
GEORGIA GULF CHEMICALS AND VINYLS, LLCenvironmental violation2008EPA$12,571
Georgia Gulf Corporationrailroad safety violation2007FRA$5,000
WESTLAKE VINYLS INC.air pollution violation2007KY-ENV$65,000
WESTLAKE VINYLS, INC.workplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$14,000
Westlake Petrochemicals LPenvironmental violation2006LA-ENV$86,770
Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls, LLCenvironmental violation2006TX-ENV$5,616
ELDORADO STONE, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$26,275
Geismar Vinyls Company LPrailroad safety violation2005FRA$5,250
WESTLAKE VINYLS, INC.air pollution violation2005KY-ENV$35,000
WESTLAKE PETROCHEMICALS, LPenvironmental violation2005LA-ENV$11,542
ELDORADO STONE, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$73,700
CUSTOM WINDOW EXTRUSIONS, INC.workplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$7,612
WESTLAKE VINYLS, INC.workplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$9,000
Eldorado Stone Operations, LLCemployment discrimination2004EEOC$475,000
WESTLAKE PVC CORPORATIONair pollution violation2004KY-ENV$31,750
WESTLAKE VINYLS, INC.air pollution violation2004KY-ENV$12,500
Georgia Gulf Corporationrailroad safety violation2002FRA$7,500
WESTLAKE VINYL, INCworkplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$27,000
ELDORADO STONE OPERATIONS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$6,000
GEORGIA GULF LAKE CHARLES, LLChazardous waste violation2002EPA$30,000
Westlake PVC Corporationrailroad safety violation2001FRA$12,500
North American Pipe CorporationFalse Claims Act and related2000DOJ_CIVIL$500,000
WESTLAKE PETROCHEMICALS CORP.air pollution violation2000EPA$76,458
GEORGIA GULF CORPORATIONenvironmental violation2000EPA$84,600
GEORGIA GULF CORPORATIONwater pollution violation2000EPA$101,250
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.