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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: 
Hercules Incorporated
Current Parent Company: 
Ashland Global Holdings
Penalty: 
$2,000,000
Year: 
2013
Date: 
July 8, 2013
Offense Group: 
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: 
environmental violation
Violation Description: 

The United States and Hercules, Inc. entered into an agreement whereby Hercules, Inc. agreed to pay a stipulated penalty of $2 million for alleged violations of a 1992 consent decree associated with the Resin Disposal Site in Pennsylvania.

Level of Government: 
federal
Action Type: 
agency action
Agency: 
Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: 
civil
Facility State: 
Pennsylvania
HQ Country of Parent: 
USA
HQ State of Parent: 
Delaware
Ownership Structure of Parent: 
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: 
chemicals
Specific Industry of Parent: 
chemicals
Source of Data: 

http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement/case-summary-2-million-stipulated-penalt... (archived copy)

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Parent company note: 
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