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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: AutoZone, Inc.
Current Parent Company: AutoZone
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Penalty: $1,500,000
Year: 2007
Date: June 2, 2007
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: hazardous waste violation
Violation Description: AutoZone agreed to pay $1.5 million to the District Attorneys of San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin and Monterey counties as well as the state attorney general to resolve allegations relating to the mishandling of hazardous wastes.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Tennessee
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-auto parts
Source of Data: Auto Zone to settle cases for $1.5 million, San Diego Union-Tribune, June 2, 2007 (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.