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Company: Equistar Chemicals LP
Current Parent Company: LyondellBasell Industries
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Penalty: $127,500,000
Year: 2007
Date: July 19, 2007
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Equistar Chemicals LP, headquartered in Houston, Texas, agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2.5 million and spend more than $125 million on pollution controls and cleanup to address a myriad of air, water and hazardous waste violations at seven petrochemical plants in Texas, Illinois, Iowa and Louisiana.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Netherlands
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.