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Company: Quemetco
Penalty: $2,300,000
Year: 2022
Date: December 13, 2022
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Quemetco agreed to pay $1.15 million in civil penalties and $575,000 each to two Supplemental Environmental Projects in settlement of alleged violations of state environmental laws documented during onsite inspections between 2015 and 2018, including a non-functioning leak-detection system; failure to construct an adequate groundwater monitoring system; and failure to minimize possible hazardous waste releases into the environment.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
Facility City: City Of Industry
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