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Company: Union Pacific
Current Parent Company: Union Pacific
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Penalty: $318,000
Year: 2005
Date: September 3, 2005
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Union Pacific agreed to pay $318,000 to the Riverside County District Attorney to resolve allegations that it engaged in illegal dumping at the Edom Hill landfill.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Riverside County (CA) District Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: Riverside
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Nebraska
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: railroads
Specific Industry of Current Parent: railroads
Source of Data: Railroad settles dumping lawsuit, Press Enterprise, September 3, 2005 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.