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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: United Industries LLC
Current Parent Company: Caterpillar Inc.
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Penalty: $25,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: December 8, 2017
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: A company that repaired railcars at a Terminal Island facility pleaded guilty to a federal environmental offense of dumping parts into the ocean to conceal that it was performing unnecessary and improper repairs for several railcar operators.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Central District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: heavy equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: construction equipment
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