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Company: Conopco Inc. dba Unilever Home and Personal Care
Current Parent Company: Unilever
Penalty: $4,500,000
Year: 2014
Date: April 3, 2014
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Water Act and related
Violation Description: CONOPCO, INC., doing business as UNILEVER HOME & PERSONAL CARE USA, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to three years of probation and a $1 million fine for violating the Clean Water Act at its former manufacturing site in Clinton in 2008. As part of the resolution of this case, Unilever also is contributing $3.5 million to state and local environmental programs, and instituting a new environmental compliance program at its U.S. manufacturing facilities.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: Connecticut
Facility City: Clinton
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: food products
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