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Company: P4 Production LLC
Current Parent Company: Bayer
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Penalty: $2,275,000
Year: 2011
Date: April 20, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that P4 Production LLC, a mining and phosphorus processing company wholly-owned by Monsanto and operating near Soda Springs in southeast Idaho, agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil penalty for alleged Clean Water Act violations at its South Rasmussen Mine. In addition to the penalty, P4 agreed to spend an estimated $875,000 on monitoring and to prevent pollutants from entering local waters.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Idaho
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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