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Company: Cargill Inc.
Current Parent Company: Cargill
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Penalty: $135,100,000
Year: 2005
Date: September 1, 2005
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: As part of a Clean Air Act settlement, Cargill agreed to spend an estimated $130 million to install air pollution control devices at its 27 corn and oilseed processing facilities, pay a civil penalty of $1.6 million and spend $3.5 million on environmental projects across the country.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: agribusiness
Specific Industry of Current Parent: agribusiness
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.