Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC
Current Parent Company:
Orion Engineered Carbons
Penalty:
$101,350,000
Year:
2017
Date:
December 22, 2017
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
The EPA and the Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act settlement with Orion Engineered Carbons designed to significantly reduce air pollution from four carbon black manufacturing plants in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas. The settlement included a civil penalty of $800,000, spending of $550,000 on environmental mitigation projects, and the installation of pollution control equipment that the EPA estimated would cost more than $100 million.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
Luxembourg
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
chemicals
Specific Industry of Parent:
carbon black
Source of Data:
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
