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Company: Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.
Penalty: $6,000,000
Year: 2001
Date: January 18, 2001
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: hazardous waste violation
Violation Description: Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., then a wholly owned subsidiary of TRW Inc., agreed to plead guilty in a hazardous waste dumping case and pay a $6 million criminal penalty to the United States and a $6 million criminal penalty to Arizona. The plea agreement also required VSSI to establish an environmental management system at two airbag factories in Arizona and one in Nevada.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: Arizona
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