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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Solutia INC
Current Parent Company: Eastman Chemical
Penalty: $33,333,333
Year: 2023
Date: September 12, 2023
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: PCB violation
Mega-Scandal: PCBs
Violation Description: Monsanto Company, Solutia INC., and Pharmacia LLC agreed to pay a total of $100 million to resolve claims related to their production of products containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) damaging waterways and other natural resources across Pennsylvania. The announcement did not indicate how much each company would pay. Here we assume they each paid one-third of the total.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Pennsylvania
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Tennessee
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.