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Company: Asarco LLC et al.
Current Parent Company: Grupo Mexico
Penalty: $22,825,000
Year: 2009
Date: May 19, 2009
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: In a settlement with the United States and the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington, Asarco LLC and affiliated debtors agreed to pay $10,400,000 to a Custodial Trust Administrative Account and $60,555,493 to the Custodial Trust Environmental Cost Accounts, in settlement of alleged environmental damages caused by its mining facilities. Arizona was paid $20 million to fund environmental action in respect the the Sacaton Site near Case Grande, plus $2.825 million for the Trench Mine and Salero sites.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Arizona
HQ Country of Current Parent: Mexico
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: mining
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: Penalty listed is the settlement amount paid to Arizona.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.