Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: 
chemicals
Penalty Total since 2000: 
$5,429,938,104
Number of Records: 
4,645
Note: 
The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries 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. They 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 individual records list below.

Top 10 Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Mosaic Co.$854,183,45580
Bayer$794,315,508131
Kolon Industries$360,000,0001
Chi Mei Corporation$339,023,3183
LyondellBasell Industries$305,775,174236
Tronox$275,442,21737
DuPont de Nemours$249,631,316218
CF Industries$195,764,18543
Braskem$160,035,43112
Dow Inc.$129,954,943224


Individual Penalty Records:

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Company Parent Primary Offense Type Year Agency Penalty Amountsort icon
Air Products Chemicals, Inc. Air Products & Chemicals wage and hour violation 2010 WHD $96,565
Arkema, Inc. Arkema wage and hour violation 2012 WHD $96,236
Huntsman Petrochemical LLC Huntsman Corp. environmental violation 2016 TX-ENV $96,226
Equistar Chemicals, LP LyondellBasell Industries environmental violation 2007 TX-ENV $96,106
Clariant Corporation Clariant environmental violation 2014 NM-ENV $96,002
LION COPOLYMER, LLC Lion Elastomers workplace safety or health violation 2010 OSHA $96,000
W. R. GRACE & COMPANY - CONN W.R. Grace environmental violation 2015 EPA $96,000
Union Carbide Corporation Dow Inc. environmental violation 2016 TX-ENV $95,708
CF Industries Nitrogen LLC CF Industries environmental violation 2017 MS-ENV $95,625
CELANESE LTD Celanese environmental violation 2001 TX-ENV $95,608
Solutia Inc. Eastman Chemical environmental violation 2007 TX-ENV $95,490
TRONOX WORLDWIDE Tronox environmental violation 2011 IL-ENV $95,429
Kuraray America, Inc. Kuraray environmental violation 2012 TX-ENV $95,193
Arkema, Inc. Arkema labor relations violation 2012 NLRB $95,000
FLUID RECOVERY SVC LLC Aquatech International environmental violation 2013 PA-ENV $95,000
E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY DuPont de Nemours environmental violation 2005 KY-ENV $95,000
Westlake Petrochemicals, LP et al. Westlake Chemical environmental violation 2017 LA-ENV $95,000
SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries) environmental violation 2013 NY-ENV $95,000
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP Chevron Phillips Chemical environmental violation 2015 TX-ENV $95,000
CK WITCO CORPORATION Lanxess environmental violation 2000 EPA $95,000
SASOL NORTH AMERICA, INC. Sasol environmental violation 2008 EPA $95,000
DOW CORNING CORP. Dow Inc. environmental violation 2008 EPA $95,000
Solutia Inc. Sauget IL Eastman Chemical environmental violation 2016 EPA $94,698
ISP CHEMICALS, INC. Ashland Global Holdings environmental violation 2005 EPA $94,461
Equistar Chemicals, LP LyondellBasell Industries environmental violation 2020 LA-ENV $94,000
ASHLAND SPECIALTY INGREDIENTS Ashland Global Holdings environmental violation 2000 NJ-ENV $94,000
SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC Solvay workplace safety or health violation 2016 OSHA $94,000
Equistar Chemicals, LP LyondellBasell Industries environmental violation 2018 TX-ENV $93,750
Cytec Industries Inc. Solvay environmental violation 2020 USAO $93,076
The Dow Chemical Company Dow Inc. environmental violation 2020 LA-ENV $92,720
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP Chevron Phillips Chemical environmental violation 2008 TX-ENV $92,677
EASTMAN CHEMICAL TEXAS CITY, INC. Eastman Chemical environmental violation 2016 EPA $92,600
Union Carbide Corporation Dow Inc. environmental violation 2013 EPA $92,500
MOSAIC CROP NUTRITION, LLC Mosaic Co. environmental violation 2017 EPA $92,400
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company DuPont de Nemours environmental violation 2015 TX-ENV $91,891
ARKEMA, INC. Arkema workplace safety or health violation 2016 OSHA $91,724
BAYER CROPSCIENCE Bayer environmental violation 2008 EPA $91,439
PPG INDUSTRIES INC., LAKE CHARLES PLANT PPG Industries environmental violation 2011 EPA $91,000
BASF CORP. BASF environmental violation 2014 EPA $90,000
Dyno Nobel Incitec Pivot environmental violation 2009 EPA $89,905
Arizona Chemical Company Kraton Corporation environmental violation 2004 EPA $89,536
Equistar Chemicals, LP LyondellBasell Industries environmental violation 2010 TX-ENV $89,485
MOMENTIVE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC. Momentive Performance Materials environmental violation 2011 EPA $89,100
Celanese Ltd. Celanese environmental violation 2016 EPA $89,062
MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC Mosaic Co. environmental violation 2010 FL-DEP $88,000
Calumet Refining, LLC Calumet Specialty Products environmental violation 2018 MT-ENV $87,950
LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC LyondellBasell Industries environmental violation 2020 TX-ENV $87,923
Hampshire Chemical Corp. Dow Inc. environmental violation 2004 TX-ENV $87,856
Rohm And Haas Texas, Incorporated Dow Inc. environmental violation 2005 TX-ENV $87,775
Agrium U.S. Inc. Nutrien Ltd. environmental violation 2020 TX-ENV $87,720
DUPONT SPECIALITY PRODUCTS USA, LLC DuPont de Nemours environmental violation 2009 NJ-ENV $87,700
CELANESE CORP. Celanese environmental violation 2007 EPA $87,607
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company DuPont de Nemours environmental violation 2015 TX-ENV $87,500
BASF Corporation BASF environmental violation 2003 TX-ENV $87,500
Sid Richardson Carbon, Ltd. Tokai Carbon environmental violation 2016 TX-ENV $87,475
The Dow Chemical Company Dow Inc. environmental violation 2007 TX-ENV $87,192
BASF Corporation BASF environmental violation 2008 TX-ENV $87,120
Solutia, Inc. Eastman Chemical environmental violation 2002 AL-ENV $87,000
Rain CII Carbon, LLC Rain Carbon environmental violation 2014 LA-ENV $87,000
DUPONT SPECIALITY PRODUCTS USA, LLC DuPont de Nemours environmental violation 2010 NJ-ENV $87,000
Bayer Crop Science (Muskegon, MI) Bayer environmental violation 2014 EPA $86,926
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY DuPont de Nemours environmental violation 2013 EPA $86,836
Westlake Petrochemicals LP Westlake Chemical environmental violation 2006 LA-ENV $86,770
DUPONT SPECIALITY PRODUCTS USA, LLC DuPont de Nemours environmental violation 2009 NJ-ENV $86,700
Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. Nutrien Ltd. environmental violation 2018 VA-ENV $86,564
KEMIRA WATER SOLUTIONS, INC Kemira environmental violation 2014 EPA $85,536
Bayer CropScience Bayer environmental violation 2015 EPA $85,500
BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP Bayer environmental violation 2014 EPA (*) $85,500
KOP-COAT, INC RPM International environmental violation 2002 EPA $85,085
Chevron Phillips Chemical Puerto Rico Core, Inc. Chevron Phillips Chemical environmental violation 2003 EPA $85,075
BASF CORPORATION BASF labor relations violation 2002 NLRB $85,000
Solvay Soda Ash Joint Venture Solvay environmental violation 2007 WY-ENV $85,000
FMC Idaho LLC FMC Corp. environmental violation 2006 EPA $85,000
Kemira Pigments, Inc. Kemira environmental violation 2000 GA-ENV $84,843
HEXION SPECIALTY CHEMICALS Hexion Inc. environmental violation 2010 EPA $84,600
GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION Westlake Chemical environmental violation 2000 EPA $84,600
Shintech Incorporated Shin-Etsu Chemical environmental violation 2020 TX-ENV $84,593
BASF Corporation BASF environmental violation 2019 TX-ENV $84,240
First Chemical Corporation Chemours environmental violation 2019 MS-ENV $84,000
Equistar Chemicals, LP LyondellBasell Industries environmental violation 2016 TX-ENV $84,000
Arkema Inc. Arkema environmental violation 2014 TX-ENV $83,971
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP Chevron Phillips Chemical environmental violation 2015 TX-ENV $83,620
BASF Corporation BASF environmental violation 2020 LA-ENV $83,000
GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION Lanxess workplace safety or health violation 2011 OSHA $83,000
PQ CORPORATION PQ Group Holdings environmental violation 2018 EPA $83,000
Rain CII Carbon LLC Rain Carbon environmental violation 2019 LA-ENV $82,285
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION American Vanguard environmental violation 2015 EPA $81,855
Eastman Chemical Company Eastman Chemical environmental violation 2008 TX-ENV $81,700
Rohm and Haas Texas Incorporated Dow Inc. environmental violation 2008 TX-ENV $81,400
KOPPERS INC Koppers environmental violation 2001 PA-ENV $81,220
IOWA FERTILIZER COMPANY, LLC OCI N.V. environmental violation 2015 EPA $80,689
DANISCO USA, INC International Flavors & Fragrances environmental violation 2004 EPA $80,519
LAMBERTI USA, INCORPORATED Lamberti environmental violation 2009 TX-ENV $80,507
Equistar Chemicals, LP LyondellBasell Industries environmental violation 2007 TX-ENV $80,191
PPG INDUSTRIES PPG Industries workplace safety or health violation 2016 OSHA $80,171
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Lanxess employment discrimination 2011 EEOC $80,000
Nufarm Americas Inc. Nufarm environmental violation 2020 EPA $80,000
Olin Chemical Corporation Olin Corp. environmental violation 2017 AL-ENV $80,000
Actagro, LLC Nutrien Ltd. environmental violation 2012 CA-DPR $80,000
Shintech Louisiana, LLC Shin-Etsu Chemical environmental violation 2020 LA-ENV $80,000
REICHHOLD INC Polynt-Reichhold environmental violation 2007 NJ-ENV $80,000
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