Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Iowa Fertilizer Company
Current Parent Company:
OCI N.V.
Penalty:
$40,345
Year:
2015
Date:
August 19, 2015
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
The Iowa Fertilizer Company and Orascom E&C USA have agreed to pay a $80,689 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act associated with the construction of a new fertilizer plant in Wever, Iowa, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 announced today. (The announcement did not indicate how the penalty would be divided. Here it is split equally between the two companies.)
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
Facility State:
Iowa
Facility City:
Wever
HQ Country of Parent:
Netherlands
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
chemicals
Specific Industry of Parent:
fertilizers
Notes:
Note: This penalty is a duplicate of an amount shown in another record (either because it applies to a multi-location settlement or because Violation Tracker contains an agency record and a settlement announcement for the same case).
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
