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Company: Clean Harbors Environmental Services
Current Parent Company: Clean Harbors Inc.
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $300,000
Year: 2005
Date: September 13, 2005
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Clean Harbors agreed to pay $300,000 to Illinois, Louisiana and the federal government to resolve litigation dealing with benzene emissions from its hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities. The settlement was also announced by the Justice Department; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Massachusetts
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: waste management and environmental services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: waste management
Source of Data: (click here)
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.