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Company: Cardington Yutaka Technologies
Current Parent Company: Yutaka Giken
Penalty: $1,715,000
Year: 2012
Date: November 28, 2012
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Between 1999 and 2008, Cardington Yutaka Technologies (CYT) and its managers made false statements to the Ohio EPA and the village of Cardington regarding the discharge of industrial wastewater in the form of leak test fluid and parts washer water from the CYT facility to the village of Cardington's Publicly Owned Treatment Works. Cardington was sentenced to 24 months probation and ordered to pay $1.2 million in federal fines, restitution to the Village of Cardington in the amount of $115,000 and a community service payment in the amount of $400,000 for the repair, maintenance, improvement and renovation of the POTW in the Village of Cardington.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: Ohio
Facility City: Cardington
HQ Country of Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: automotive parts
Specific Industry of Current Parent: automotive parts
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