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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Bunge North America Inc.
Current Parent Company: Bunge
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Penalty: $1,875,000
Year: 2006
Date: October 26, 2006
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Bunge agreed to pay $1.875 million -- consisting of a $625,000 fine and $1.25 million in spending on environmental projects -- to eight states and the federal government to resolve alleged environmental violations at 12 processing facilities. This was part of a larger $13.9 million settlement announced by the Justice Department; 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: Bermuda
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.