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Company: Home Depot
Current Parent Company: Home Depot
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Penalty: $1,300,000
Year: 2008
Date: February 25, 2008
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Water Act and related
Violation Description:  Home Depot agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty and implement a nationwide compliance program to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at more than 30 construction sites in 28 states where new Home Depot stores were being built.
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: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Georgia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-home improvement
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.