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Company: EQ Industrial Services Inc.
Penalty: $7,850,000
Year: 2012
Date: March 14, 2012
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: EQ Industrial agreed to pay $7.85 million to residents of Apex, North Carolina to settle a suit brought in connection with a fire at a chemical plant that emitted chlorine gas.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of North Carolina
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:06-cv-00400
Case Name: Beaulieu v. EQ Industrial Services Inc. et al.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: North Carolina
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