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Company: Dow Chemical Company
Current Parent Company: Dow Inc.
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Penalty: $2,500,000
Year: 2011
Date: July 29, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The Dow Chemical Company agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at its chemical manufacturing and research complex in Midland, Michigan.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Michigan
Facility City: Midland
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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