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Company: Agrium, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Nutrien Ltd.
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Penalty: $70,000
Year: 2011
Date: October 25, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: International Mineral Technologies, LLC, doing business as Tetra Micronutrients, of The Woodlands, Texas, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $70,000 to the United States for Risk Management Program violations related to the use of anhydrous ammonia at its former Fairbury, Neb., facility. In July 2011, International Mineral Technologies reached an agreement to sell the Fairbury facility which produces liquid plant nutrition and dry micronutrient products to Agrium, Inc., an agrichemical company headquartered in Alberta, Canada.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Nebraska
Facility City: Fairbury
HQ Country of Current Parent: Canada
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: fertilizers
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