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Company: Dominion Energy
Current Parent Company: Dominion Energy
Penalty: $13,200,000
Year: 2013
Date: April 1, 2013
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Dominion Energy agreed to pay a $3.4 million civil penalty and spend approximately $9.8 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations. The settlement was expected to result in reductions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and particulate matter by more than 70,000 tons per year, across three of the utility's coal-fired power plants, located in Kincaid, Ill., State Line, Ind., and Somerset, Mass.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Virginia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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