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Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company
Current Parent Company: Archer Daniels Midland
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $350,900,000
Year: 2003
Date: April 9, 2003
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: ADM agreed to spend $340 million on air pollution equipment, pay a $4.6 million civil penalty and fund $6.3 million in environmental projects to settle Clean Air Act litigation filed by eleven states along with the federal government. The U.S. Justice Department issued its own announcement of the settlement; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: agribusiness
Specific Industry of Current Parent: agribusiness
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.