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Company: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
Current Parent Company: Union Pacific
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Penalty: $362,100
Year: 2017
Date: January 4, 2017
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: water pollution violation
Violation Description: Primary law: CWA, Violation type: Oil Spill Violation Under CWA/OPA
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 07-2017-0049
Facility State: Kansas
Facility City: Herington
Facility Address: 501 NORTH 5TH STREET
Facility Zip: 67449-2906
Facility NAICS: 482111: Line-Haul Railroads
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Nebraska
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: railroads
Specific Industry of Current Parent: railroads
Source of Data: Extracted from a download of the EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) ICIS FE&C file updated 3/2/2024, available at (click here)
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ECHO Case ID: 07-2017-0049
Link to ECHO: You can access EPA ECHO data on this facility here
Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.