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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Arch Coal Inc.
Current Parent Company: Arch Resources
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $2,000,000
Year: 2011
Date: March 1, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: water pollution violation
Violation Description: Arch Coal agreed to pay $2 million to West Virginia and Kentucky to resolve Clean Water Act violations. This was part of a larger $4 million settlement involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Missouri
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: mining
Source of Data: (click here)
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.