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Company: Formosa Plastics Corp.
Current Parent Company: Formosa Plastics
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Penalty: $12,800,000
Year: 2009
Date: September 29, 2009
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp., Louisiana, agreed to spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La. The companies also agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2.8 million.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Taiwan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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