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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Shintech, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Shin-Etsu Chemical
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Penalty: $12,085,000
Year: 2008
Date: December 1, 2008
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Shintech, Inc. and its subsidiary K-Bin, Inc., agreed to spend $4.8 million to comply with the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at their manufacturing facilities in Freeport, Texas. The companies also agreed to pay a $2.585 million civil penalty to resolve environmental violations under the Clean Air Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Clean Water Act, and to perform $4.7 million worth of supplemental environmental projects.
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: Japan
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.