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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Guardian Industries Corporation
Current Parent Company: Koch Industries
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Penalty: $312,000
Year: 2015
Date: September 29, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: air pollution violation
Violation Description: Guardian Industries agreed to pay a $312,000 civil penalty as part of the settlement of multistate litigation relating to air pollution emissions at seven of its float glass manufacturing plants. This was part of a larger $70 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: Kansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Source of Data: A.G. Schneiderman Announces that New York Joins EPA, State Governments in Settlement with Guardian Industries to Cut Air Pollution Emissions, States News Service, September 29, 2015 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.