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Company: Kirby Inland Marine L.P.
Current Parent Company: Kirby Corp.
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Penalty: $4,900,000
Year: 2016
Date: September 27, 2016
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Kirby Inland Marine L.P. agreed to pay $4.9 million in Clean Water Act civil penalties and to implement fleet-wide operational improvements to settle claims stemming from a 4,000-barrel (168,000-gallon) oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel in March 2014.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Coast Guard referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: barge services
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