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Company: Sims Metal Management
Current Parent Company: Sims Limited
Penalty: $189,500
Year: 2014
Date: September 18, 2014
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Water Act and related
Violation Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice fined Sims Metal Management $189,500 for polluting San Francisco Bay with scrap metal debris in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. Since at least the early 1990s, Sims operated a conveyor belt without adequate pollution controls to prevent materials from falling off the conveyor and into the Bay.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: Australia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: waste management and environmental services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: electronics recycling
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