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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Cargill Inc.
Current Parent Company: Cargill
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Penalty: $3,500,000
Year: 2005
Date: September 1, 2005
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: Cargill agreed to pay $3.5 million on environmental projects as part of the settlement of multistate litigation alleging violations of the Clean Air Act. This was part of a larger $135 million settlement involving the federal government; 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: Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
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.