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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: 
Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC
Current Parent Company: 
Mosaic
Penalty: 
$810,200,000
Year: 
2015
Date: 
October 1, 2015
Primary Offense: 
environmental violation
Violation Description: 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC tol ensure the proper treatment, storage, and disposal of an estimated 60 billion pounds of hazardous waste at six Mosaic facilities in Florida and two in Louisiana.Under the settlement, Mosaic Fertilizer agreed to establish a $630 million trust fund, which would be invested until it reached full funding of $1.8 billion. Mosaic also agreed to also spend $170 million on projects to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing and waste management programs at its facilities and $2.2 million on two local environmental projects. It also agreed to pay a $5 million civil penalty to the United States and $1.55 million to the State of Louisiana and $1.45 million to the State of Florida, who joined EPA and DOJ as plaintiffs in this case.

Level of Government: 
federal
Action Type: 
agency action
Agency: 
Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: 
civil
HQ Country of Parent: 
USA
HQ State of Parent: 
Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Parent: 
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: 
chemicals
Specific Industry of Parent: 
chemicals
Source of Data: 

https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/mosaic-fertilizer-llc-settlement#civil (archived copy)

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Parent company note: 
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