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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Western Sugar Cooperative
Current Parent Company: Western Sugar Cooperative
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Penalty: $406,736
Year: 2010
Date: August 23, 2010
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Western Sugar Cooperative, of Denver, Col., has agreed to pay a $56,736 civil penalty, and will spend an additional $350,000 on plant upgrades to cut pollution and save water and energy, to settle allegations that its sugar beet processing facility in Scottsbluff, Neb., had excessively high discharges of fecal coliform bacteria in wastewater.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Nebraska
Facility City: Scottsbluff
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Colorado
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: cooperative
Major Industry of Current Parent: agribusiness
Specific Industry of Current Parent: agribusiness
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