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Company: Nevada Power Company
Current Parent Company: Berkshire Hathaway
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Penalty: $60,700,000
Year: 2007
Date: June 13, 2007
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Power Plant Emissions
Violation Description: The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced a $60.7 million Clean Air Act settlement with Nevada Power Company designed to improve air quality in the Clark County/Las Vegas area by requiring the company to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides from its Clark Generating Station. The company was to spend $60 million on pollution control equipment and $400,000 on an environmental mitigation project in addition to a civil penalty of $300,000.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Nevada
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Nebraska
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.