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Company: Newpark Shipbuilding - Brady Island, Inc.
Penalty: $1,200,000
Year: 2000
Date: March 24, 2000
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Water Act and related
Violation Description: Newpark, a ship channel company that cleans and repairs ships and barges and has a wastewater treatment facility, pled guilty to one misdemeanor charge of violating the federal Clean Water Act and was sentenced to pay a corresponding fine of $25,000. Newpark also pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of knowingly violating their state water quality permit issued by the TNRCC. This activity also constituted a violation of the Texas Water Code, for which Newpark was fined $200,000. Newpark also paid a total of $975,000 to non-governmental organizations who help the environment in the ship channel area.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: Texas
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