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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: BASF
Ownership Structure: publicly traded
Headquartered in: Germany
Major Industry: chemicals
Specific Industry: chemicals
Penalty total since 2000: $264,061,757
Number of records: 263
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| competition-related offenses | $173,122,167 | 7 |
| environment-related offenses | $88,688,348 | 150 |
| safety-related offenses | $918,226 | 97 |
| employment-related offenses | $856,516 | 7 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $416,000 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | $173,122,167 | 7 |
| asbestos violation | $57,100,000 | 1 |
| air pollution violation | $22,437,435 | 24 |
| environmental violation | $8,953,678 | 117 |
| railroad safety violation | $509,125 | 60 |
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.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| BASF Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | MULTI-AG | $62,258,250 |
| BASF Catalysts LLC | asbestos violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $57,100,000 |
| BASF Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $51,000,000 |
| BASF AG | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $22,000,000 |
| BASF Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | CA-AG | $20,752,750 |
| Ciba-Geigy | air pollution violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $20,000,000 |
| BASF AG | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| BASF AG | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| BASF Fina Petrochemicals LP | environmental violation | 2005 | TX-ENV | $1,944,600 |
| BASF Corp | air pollution violation | 2012 | EPA | $1,038,048 |
| BASF CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,038,048 |
| BASF CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2019 | EPA | $725,000 |
| BASF Corporation | air pollution violation | 2009 | EPA | $634,200 |
| BASF Corporation | employment discrimination | 2013 | EEOC | $500,000 |
| BASF | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $500,000 |
| OAKITE PRODUCTS INC | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $489,600 |
| BASF SE | consumer protection violation | 2021 | FTC | $416,000 |
| BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC | environmental violation | 2014 | TX-ENV | $345,938 |
| BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC | environmental violation | 2017 | TX-ENV | $315,000 |
| BASF CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2019 | EPA | $257,950 |
| BASF FINA Petrochemicals Limited Partnership | environmental violation | 2008 | TX-ENV | $250,753 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | TX-ENV | $250,000 |
| BASF FINA Petrochemicals Limited Partnership | environmental violation | 2008 | TX-ENV | $203,125 |
| BASF Corporation | labor relations violation | 2016 | NLRB | $200,416 |
| BASF Corp | air pollution violation | 2018 | MI-ENV | $185,000 |
| BASF Total Petrochemicals | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | $154,000 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2018 | TX-ENV | $142,063 |
| BASF Corp. | air pollution violation | 2004 | IL-AG | $141,000 |
| BASF Geismar | environmental violation | 2018 | EPA | $130,250 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $128,067 |
| BASF CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $128,067 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $128,066 |
| Basf Corporation | air pollution violation | 2015 | CA-SCAQMD | $120,000 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2019 | EPA | $112,500 |
| BASF Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | MA-AG | $111,167 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $109,840 |
| BASF Corporation | air pollution violation | 2023 | IL-ENV | $108,000 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2015 | TX-ENV | $106,111 |
| BASF Corp. | environmental violation | 2016 | OH-ENV | $106,000 |
| BASF CORP. | environmental violation | 2014 | EPA | $90,000 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2020 | EPA | $89,040 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2003 | TX-ENV | $87,500 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2008 | TX-ENV | $87,120 |
| BASF CORPORATION | labor relations violation | 2002 | NLRB | $85,000 |
| BASF Toda America, Inc. | environmental violation | 2021 | MI-ENV | $85,000 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2019 | TX-ENV | $84,240 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2020 | LA-ENV | $83,000 |
| BASF CORP | environmental violation | 2020 | EPA | $82,045 |
| BASF Corporation | pesticide violation | 2006 | CA-DPR | $79,190 |
| BASF Corporation (Wyandotte MI) | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | $78,878 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2021 | TX-ENV | $67,951 |
| BASF Corp. | economic sanction violation | 2004 | OFAC | $60,500 |
| BASF FINA Petrochemicals Limited Partnership | environmental violation | 2008 | TX-ENV | $59,800 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $59,400 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2015 | TX-ENV | $57,728 |
| CHEMETALL FOOTE CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $57,000 |
| BASF CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2014 | EPA | $55,940 |
| BASF FINA Petrochemicals Limited Partnership | environmental violation | 2009 | TX-ENV | $53,900 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $50,280 |
| BASF FINA Petrochemicals Limited Partnership | environmental violation | 2011 | TX-ENV | $49,160 |
| CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $46,200 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2016 | TX-ENV | $44,620 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2012 | TX-ENV | $42,750 |
| BASF CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | $41,040 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | TX-ENV | $38,160 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2016 | TX-ENV | $37,500 |
| BASF CATALYSTS, LLC | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $36,190 |
| BASF FINA Petrochemicals Limited Partnership | environmental violation | 2009 | TX-ENV | $36,050 |
| CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $34,881 |
| BASF CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2021 | TX-ENV | $34,750 |
| ENGELHARD CORPORATION | solid waste violation | 2005 | KY-ENV | $33,500 |
| Basf | wage and hour violation | 2011 | MI-LEO | $33,440 |
| BASF Corporation | air pollution violation | 2014 | AL-ENV | $30,000 |
| BASF Catalysts LLC | air pollution violation | 2007 | GA-ENV | $30,000 |
| BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC | environmental violation | 2016 | TX-ENV | $26,251 |
| CIBA Corporation | hazardous waste violation | 2008 | AR-ENV | $25,000 |
| ENGELHARD CORPORATION | solid waste violation | 2001 | KY-ENV | $25,000 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2018 | LA-ENV | $25,000 |
| BASF | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $25,000 |
| BASF CORPORATION | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $24,000 |
| BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC | environmental violation | 2020 | TX-ENV | $23,300 |
| BASF CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $23,010 |
| BASF CORP-POLYMERS DIVISION | air pollution violation | 2005 | NJ-ENV | $22,500 |
| BASF CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2019 | EPA | $22,500 |
| BASF, INC | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $21,746 |
| BASF CORP | workplace safety or health violation | 2002 | OSHA | $21,600 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2019 | TX-ENV | $21,000 |
| BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC | environmental violation | 2021 | TX-ENV | $21,000 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $20,800 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2020 | TX-ENV | $20,188 |
| BASF FINA Petrochemicals Limited Partnership | environmental violation | 2012 | TX-ENV | $20,130 |
| BASF CORPORATION | railroad safety violation | 2011 | FRA | $20,000 |
| BASF CORPORATION | railroad safety violation | 2011 | FRA | $20,000 |
| BASF CORPORATION | railroad safety violation | 2011 | FRA | $20,000 |
| BASF Corporation | railroad safety violation | 2006 | FRA | $20,000 |
| BASF CORPORATION | railroad safety violation | 2017 | FRA | $20,000 |
| Ciba | air pollution violation | 2004 | AL-ENV | $20,000 |
| BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS, LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $19,502 |
| Engelhard Corporation | environmental violation | 2005 | EPA | $18,700 |
| BASF Catalysts LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2009 | MSHA | $18,271 |
| BASF Corporation | environmental violation | 2020 | TX-ENV | $18,000 |
