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Company: DSD Shipping
Penalty: $2,500,000
Year: 2016
Date: April 8, 2016
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The Norwegian shipping company DSD Shipping was sentenced to pay a total corporate penalty of $2.5 million as a result of its convictions for obstructing justice, violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, tampering with witnesses and conspiring to commit these offenses. The company was ordered to pay $500,000 of the penalty to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation to fund marine research and enhance coastal habitats in the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
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