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Company: Tanner Industries
Penalty: $401,700
Year: 2011
Date: July 20, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: A national company that distributes ammonia has agreed to install and operate $345,000 in ammonia leak detection systems at 14 facilities across the country to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it violated federal clean air regulations on chemical risk management at plants in Rhode Island and Michigan. Tanner Industries, based in Southhampton, Penn., also agreed to pay a $56,700 penalty to settle these claims. The regulations are meant to prevent chemical accidents.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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