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Company: British Petroleum
Current Parent Company: BP
Penalty: $20,000,000
Year: 2007
Date: October 25, 2007
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Water Act and related
Violation Description: BP agreed to pay $12 million in criminal fines, $4 million in payments to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and $4 million in criminal restitution to the state of Alaska as part of an agreement by British Petroleum Exploration (Alaska), Inc. to plead guilty to a violation of the Clean Water Act to related to pipeline leaks of crude oil onto the tundra as well as a frozen lake in Alaska.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: Alaska
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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