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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Interstate Power and Light, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy
Current Parent Company: Alliant Energy
Penalty: $7,100,000
Year: 2015
Date: July 15, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Interstate Power and Light agreed to install pollution control technology and meet stringent emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from the company's seven coal-fired power plants in Iowa. The settlement also required the company to spend a total of $6 million on environmental mitigation projects and pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. Linn County, Iowa, the state of Iowa and the Sierra Club join the United States as co-plaintiffs in the case.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Iowa
Facility City: Cedar Rapids
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Wisconsin
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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