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Company: Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc.
Current Parent Company: Hoosier Energy
Penalty: $5,950,000
Year: 2010
Date: July 23, 2010
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc., an Indiana electric generation and transmission cooperative, agreed to install state-of-the-art pollution control technology at its two coal-fired power plants in Indiana. The settlement required Hoosier to pay a civil penalty of $950,000 and spend $5 million on environmental mitigation projects.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Indiana
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Indiana
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: cooperative
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: power generation
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