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Company: Sun Ace Shipping Company
Penalty: $500,000
Year: 2006
Date: November 13, 2006
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The Sun Ace Shipping Company, based in Seoul, South Korea, was sentenced to pay a $400,000 penalty, a $100,000 community service payment to the National Fish and Wildlife Program, and a three-year term of probation during which its vessels will be banned from U.S. ports and waters. Sun Ace had pleaded guilty to a one-count information for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Coast Guard referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
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