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Company: Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.
Current Parent Company: Hovnanian Enterprises
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Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: April 20, 2010
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., a national residential homebuilder, agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia and the federal government to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at 591 construction sites. The settlement was also announced by the U.S. Justice Department; 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: New Jersey
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: construction and engineering
Specific Industry of Current Parent: homebuilding
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.