Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Brad Foote Gear Works Inc.
Current Parent Company:
Broadwind Energy
Penalty:
$1,500,000
Year:
2013
Date:
November 13, 2013
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
A suburban Cicero gear manufacturing company pleaded guilty to illegally discharging industrial wastewater into the public sewer system and agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine. The defendant company, BRAD FOOTE GEAR WORKS, INC., began cooperating and taking remedial water treatment measures after federal environmental agents executed a search warrant in February 2011.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case:
criminal
Facility State:
Illinois
Facility City:
Cicero
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Illinois
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Parent:
wind power equipment
Source of Data:
http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/cicero-gear-manufacturing-firm-pleads-guilty-violating-federal-clean-water-act-and (archived copy)
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
