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Company: Columbian Chemicals Company
Current Parent Company: Aditya Birla Group
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Penalty: $95,025,000
Year: 2017
Date: December 22, 2017
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The EPA and the Department of Justice announced a settlement resolving Clean Air Act claims by the United States and the states of Kansas and Louisiana against carbon black manufacturer Columbian Chemicals Company. The company agreed to install and operate state-of-the-art pollution control technologies costing about $94 million, spend $375,000 on environmental mitigation projects and pay a civil penalty of $650,000.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: India
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
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.