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Company: Phelps Dodge Sierrita, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Freeport-McMoRan
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Penalty: $1,360,000
Year: 2004
Date: June 21, 2004
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description:  Phelps Dodge Sierrita, Inc. agreed to pay $1.4 million--of which $1.36 million was to go to the federal government and the rest to the state of Arizona--for allegedly violating the federal Clean Air Act at a facility in Arizona.
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: Arizona
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: mining
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