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Company: Sid Richardson Carbon and Energy Company
Current Parent Company: Tokai Carbon
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Penalty: $101,489,000
Year: 2017
Date: December 22, 2017
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: The EPA and the Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act settlement with Sid Richardson Carbon designed to significantly reduce air pollution from three carbon black manufacturing plants in Louisiana and Texas. The settlement included a civil penalty of $999,000, spending of $490,000 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 Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: carbon black
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