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Company: Praxair, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Linde
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Penalty: $550,000
Year: 2005
Date: December 1, 2005
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Operated a facility as a major source of hazardous air pollutants without a Class I permit. Installation Permit Violations: failed to continuously monitor and record at its VES stack. Failure to sample and analyze ambient air particulate matter. Constructed a third arsine synthesis reactor without an AQ permit. Failed to report excess emissions, permit deviations and failed to submit compliance certifications.
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: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: industrial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: industrial gas
Source of Data: Contained in data received from the agency on November 10, 2020 in response to an open records request.
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