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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Dow Chemical Company
Current Parent Company: Dow Inc.
Penalty: $3,000,000
Year: 2021
Date: January 27, 2021
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality announced a settlement with Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA Inc. and Union Carbide Corporation, that will eliminate thousands of tons of air pollution from four of Dow's petrochemical manufacturing facilities in Texas and Louisiana. Dow agreed to pay a civil penalty of $3 million with $2.325 million going to the U.S., and $675,000 going to Louisiana.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Louisiana
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Michigan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: materials sciences
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