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Company: Equistar Chemicals LP
Current Parent Company: LyondellBasell Industries
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Penalty: $2,500,000
Year: 2007
Date: July 19, 2007
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Equistar Chemicals agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2.5 million to Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana and the federal government to resolve a variety of air, water and hazardous waste violations at seven petrochemical plants. This was part of a larger $127 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: Netherlands
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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