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Company: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Current Parent Company: Chemours
Penalty: $440,000
Year: 2014
Date: July 22, 2014
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that a legal agreement with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) has been approved by the District Court for the Western District of New York. Under the agreement, DuPont will comply with air pollution control measures required by the Clean Air Act, and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act at its DuPont Yerkes chemical manufacturing facility in Tonawanda, New York. The Clean Air Act requires that large industrial facilities that emit hazardous air pollutants report emissions and have effective pollution controls. Hazardous air pollutants may cause serious health effects, such as respiratory effects, birth defects and cancer.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
Facility City: Tonawanda
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Delaware
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: This facility is one of those transferred from DuPont to its Chemours spinoff in 2015.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.