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Company: Alcoa Inc.
Current Parent Company: Apollo Global Management
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Penalty: $8,800,000
Year: 2000
Date: March 13, 2000
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Under the terms of a settlement of Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act allegations, Alcoa agreed to pay a $2.4 million penalty; spend at least $5.4 million on a project to reduce and Indiana plant's generation of hazardous waste; and conduct a $1 million study of a new air pollution reduction technology. The settlement also required that Alcoa create a new $5 million wastewater treatment system.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Indiana
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
Specific Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
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