Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
Current Parent Company:
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Penalty:
$2,402,793
Year:
2013
Date:
March 14, 2013
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $2.24 million civil penalty, plus payments for natural resource damage, pollution fees and costs, in settlement of allegations it violated pollution laws with its waste management practices and operations, and a 22 mile long fluorescent green discharge into the Salt River. The settlement was also announced by the Justice Department; see the Violation Tracker entry at https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/mo-teva-pha...
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Missouri Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
Facility State:
Missouri
Facility City:
Mexico
HQ Country of Parent:
Israel
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
Notes:
Settlement was jointly lodged with the EPA, press release did not note if a portion of settlement payment went to the United States.
Source Notes:
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
