Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Cobb-Vantress
Current Parent Company:
Tyson Foods
Penalty:
$1,250,000
Year:
2003
Date:
July 16, 2003
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
Six poultry companies agreed to pay a total of $7.5 million to the City of Tulsa to resolve a lawsuit concerning water pollution. The announcement did not specify how much each company would pay. Here we assume the total was divided equally among them.
Level of Government:
local
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Tulsa (OK) City Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type:
settlement
Facility State:
Oklahoma
Facility City:
Tulsa
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
food products
Specific Industry of Parent:
poultry processing and meatpacking
Source of Data:
Arkansas poultry firms, Tulsa settle lawsuit over water, Associated Press, July 16, 2003 (via Nexis).
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
